Uranium Mononitride (UN) Handbook

Technical Report · Mon Sep 09 04:00:00 EDT 2024

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/2440180· OSTI ID:2440180

Miller, Zachary Aaron ^[1]; Levinsky, Alex ^[2]; Craven, Galen Thomas ^[2]; Mehta, Vedant Kiritkumar ^[3]; Fratoni, Massimiliano ^[4]; White, Joshua Taylor ^[2]; Andersson, Anders David Ragnar ^[2]; Kosmidou, Maria ^[2]; Terricabras, Adrien Jose Emile ^[2]

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1. Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); University of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
2. Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
3. Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States); Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
4. University of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)

Uranium Mononitride (UN) is being reexamined as a high temperature advanced nuclear fuel in many reactor applications due to its high thermal conductivity, high melting point, and high fissionable uranium density, among other desirable properties. A thorough review of the experimental data for the material and irradiation properties has been collected and is presented in this handbook. As an outcome of this review, in many cases, it is apparent that additional experimental verification must be conducted to verify the available data and to verify the suggested empirical correlations.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program; USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
• DOE Contract Number: 89233218CNA000001
• OSTI ID: 2440180
• Report Number(s): LA-UR--24-29668
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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