Browsing by Subject "Beryllium Oxide"
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(2010-08-03)The objective of this work was to evaluate a new high conductivity nuclear fuel form. Uranium dioxide (UO2) is a very effective nuclear fuel, but it’s performance is limited by its low thermal conductivity. The fuel concept ...
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(2014-04-24)The primary fuel used in light water nuclear reactors (LWRs) is uranium dioxide (UO2), which has a low thermal conductivity that causes a large thermal gradient across the fuel pin during operation. One proposed method to ...