nuclear fuel
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Research problems linked to this topic
- U3O8, the most stable state of uranium oxides, is a key intermediate compound for pyroprocessing of used nuclear fuel.
- In response to continuously declining availability of fossil fuels, nuclear power has become an important alternative source of power generation.
- Nuclear waste disposal is a growing problem around the world with the rapid development of the nuclear industry.
- The design of nuclear fuels and their containers, moderating materials of reactors, heat-exchanger materials, fission-product control, and fuel processing systems requires knowledge of the thermodynamics and phase relations not only of the actinide elements and their compounds but also of many other elements of the periodic table, particularly the transition metal elements.
- Due to the limitation of maximum uranium load achievable by dispersion fuel type, the Global Threat Reduction Initiative is developing an advanced monolithic fuel to convert US high-performance research reactors to low-enriched uranium.
- Mechanisms of radiation damage of construction materials in nuclear engineering and progress in developing radiation-resistant materials for the present and future generation nuclear reactors are reported.
- Porosity-controlled nuclear fuel microsphere is an essential material of fabricating minor actinide-bearing dispersion-type nuclear fuel with the infiltration processes.
- The radionuclide characteristics of light-water-reactor (LWR) spent fuel play key roles in the design and licensing activities for radioactive waste transportation systems, interim storage facilities, and the final repository site.
- With global increases in energy demand and demands for clean energy with reduced CO2 emissions, there has been an increase in the demand for natural gas in recent years.