Dimensional, microstructural and compositional stability of metal fuels. Final performance report

Technical Report · Mon Mar 15 00:00:00 EST 1993

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10136824· OSTI ID:10136824

Solomon, A A; Dayananda, M A

The projects undertaken were to address two areas of concern for metal-fueled fast reactors: metallurgical compatibility of fuel and its fission products with the stainless steel cladding, and effects of porosity development in the fuel on fuel/cladding interactions and on sodium penetration in fuel. The following studies are reported on extensively in appendices: hot isostatic pressing of U-10Zr by coupled boundary diffusion/power law creep cavitation, liquid Na intrusion into porous U-10Zr fuel alloy by differential capillarity, interdiffusion between U-Zr fuel and selected Fe-Ni-Cr alloys, interdiffusion between U-Zr fuel vs selected cladding steels, and interdiffusion of Ce in Fe-base alloys with Ni or Cr.

• Research Organization: Purdue Univ., Lafayette, IN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FG02-88ER12814
• OSTI ID: 10136824
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/12814-4; ON: DE93010920
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 15 Mar 1993
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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