A comprehensive review of the thermodynamic properties of the oxide compounds of the
lanthanide and actinide elements is presented. The available literature data for the solid …

Uranium dioxide (UO 2) composites with uranium diboride (UB 2) and uranium tetraboride
(UB 4) have been proposed as advanced fuel candidates due to their high thermal …

The thermal conductivity of tungsten based CERMET fuels containing UO2 and UN fuel
particles are determined as a function of particle geometry, stabilizer fraction and fuel …

Ferritic FeCrAl alloys are candidate accident tolerant cladding materials. There is a paucity
of data concerning the melting behavior for FeCrAl and its oxides. Analysis tools have …

Uranium dioxide (Image 2) is the primary nuclear fuel in light water reactors, and its excess
neutronic reactivity can be controlled by adding burnable absorbers, such as Image 1. This …

In thiswork, a 24-month two-batch fuel management strategy for the APR1400 using LEU+
has been investigated, where enrichments of 5.9 and 5.2 w/o are utilized in lieu of the …

The CALPHAD approach is used to describe the thermodynamic properties and phase
relations in the U− Gd− O system. A compound energy formalism (CEF) model is developed …

UO 2-based nuclear fuel containing integral fuel burnable absorbers (IFBA) is an
economically and technically efficient solution for optimization of nuclear power reactors …

The paper studies spark plasma sintering of UO 2-based ceramics nuclear fuel obtained
from a mixture of pristine urania with 2 and 8 wt% of Y 2 O 3 (integral fuel burnable …

Ceramics have played a vital role in the rise of nuclear power since its inception in the mid-
20th century. Their development and improved understanding are still driving improvements …