Uranium nitride tristructural-isotropic fuel particle

Terrani, Kurt; Jolly, Brian C.; Harp, Jason

doi:10.1016/j.jnucmat.2020.152034

Title: Uranium nitride tristructural-isotropic fuel particle

Journal Article · Tue Feb 04 00:00:00 EST 2020 · Journal of Nuclear Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2020.152034· OSTI ID:1606770

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Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

A summary of activities around concept development, design, manufacturing, and early irradiation testing of a novel coated fuel particle, uranium nitride tristructural-isotropic fuel is provided. This fuel particle offers significantly higher uranium density over historic manifestations of coated fuel particles and may be more optimal for a range of advanced reactor applications. After reviewing the design process, steps involving production of this fuel form are discussed. Low burnup irradiation data on this fuel particle are now available, indicating that performance metrics have been met to date based on the original design expectations.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1606770

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1598380

Journal Information:: Journal of Nuclear Materials, Vol. 531, Issue C; ISSN 0022-3115

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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