Thermophysical and mechanical properties of advanced carbide and nitride fuels

Technical Report · Tue Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1976

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/705325· OSTI ID:705325

Johnson, C E ^[1]

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In support of the national effort to develop advanced carbide and nitride breeder-reactor fuels, this handbook of thermophysical and mechanical properties of advanced carbide and nitride fuels is being compiled for use as a common, authoritative source of data. The handbook must be continuously updated in order to provide readily usable data to all participants in the advanced carbide/nitride fuel program. It provides a breadth and depth of information not available in a document compiled by a single organization. The handbook provides a consistent set of data for use throughout the national advanced carbide/nitride fuel program, a consideration that is especially important where only limited data exist. By the use of a single handbook, deficiencies in data can be readily identified and corrected by additional experimental effort. Initially, this handbook comprises thermophysical and mechanical properties data for UC, PuC, (U,Pu)C, UN, PuN, and (U,Pu)N. Data for the sesqui- and di-carbides and sesqui- and dinitrides as well as data for carbonitrides will be added later. Each compound is listed in a separate section containing a list of recommended values (in SI units) for each property. References to literature data accompany each recommended value so that the reader can easily consult the original work. For each compound, the properties are divided into five sections and arranged alphabetically within each section.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 705325
• Report Number(s): ANL-AFP--27; ON: TI84025271
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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