Browsing by Subject "zirconium"
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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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(2012-02-14)The sintering behavior of uranium and uranium-zirconium alloys in the alpha phase were characterized in this research. Metal uranium powder was produced from pieces of depleted uranium metal acquired from the Y-12 plant ...
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(2013-07-31)Uranium-zirconium (U-Zr) alloys comprise a class of metallic nuclear fuel that is regularly considered for application in fast nuclear energy systems. The U-10wt%Zr alloy has been demonstrated to very high burnup without ...
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(2016-12-06)The chemical and physical properties of the heaviest elements are of particular interest because relativistic effects increase as proton number squared. Transactinides, elements where relativistic effects are expected to ...
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(2009-05-15)The experiments performed for this thesis were designed to define the primary process variables of time, temperature, and atmosphere for an engineering system that will produce metal powder from recycled nuclear fuel ...
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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 ...