Browsing by Subject "uranium"
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(2013-06-17)Atomic diffusion phenomena were examined in a metal-alloy nuclear fuel system composed of δ-phase U-50wt%Zr fuel in contact with either Zr-10wt%Gd or Zr-10wt%Er. Each alloy was fabricated from elemental feed material via ...
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(2017-05-05)An engineering investigation of the fabrication process for low smear density uranium alloy nuclear fuel forms was completed and the resulting alloys were characterized. The metal fuel alloys investigated in this project ...
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(2022-07-27)The compressive deformation behavior of unirradiated depleted gamma phase uranium metal was investigated in support of new metal fueled fast reactor designs. Extended core residence times have raised questions about long ...
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(2015-09-29)The Fuel Cycle and Materials Laboratory at Texas A&M University needs a method of removing impurities from depleted uranium samples. A non-aqueous, lab-scale electrorefiner will be constructed to solve this problem. The ...
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(2014-10-01)Various proposed metallic nuclear fuel designs for fast reactors may require powder fabrication methods and the reactive nature of uranium metal creates unique challenges. Spherical powder is desired in some fuel concepts ...
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(2017-12-13)Interest in applications of x-ray fluorescence (XRF) is greatly increasing, but the diversity of applications of XRF data has yet to be fully exploited. This dissertation presents three projects showcasing different ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)The spices consumed in the U.S. diet contain many elements other than the pure spice that many assume they eat. In particular, most of these spices contain radionuclides that are absorbed from the ground soil and water ...
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(2013-05-06)Uranium-zirconium alloy nuclear fuels have many advantages as compared with ceramic fuels, especially for fast reactor systems. However, metallic fuels aren’t currently used in commercial power production due in part to ...
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(2011-08-08)Work was done to study a hydride-dehydride method for producing uranium metal powder. Particle distribution analysis was conducted using digital microscopy and grayscale image analysis software. The particle size was found ...