Items for "Nuclear fuel"

Preparation of spherical, dense uranium fuel kernels with carbon

The internal gelation process and a suitable broth formulation with an uranium concentration of 1.3 M was used to produce air-dried uranium trioxide dihydrate (UO₃·2H₂O) and carbon microspheres with crush strengths greater than 600 g per microsphere...

Keywords: Uranium, Carbon, Internal gelation, Nuclear fuel