The last three decades have seen a significant increase in the number of reports of f-
element carbon chemistry, whilst the f-element chemistry of silicon, germanium, tin, and lead …

The challenges and opportunities to alloyed and composite fuel architectures designed and
intended to mitigate oxidation of the fuel during a cladding breech of a water-cooled reactor …

Dense U 3 Si 2 pellets with controlled grain structure and enhanced thermal-mechanical
and oxidation properties are synthesized with spark plasma sintering (SPS). Microstructure …

ABSTRACT U3Si2 has been explored as an alternative nuclear fuel material for increased
accident tolerance. However, scatter has been reported in the thermal properties possibly …

This work reports the synthesis and characterization of the U 3 Si 2 and UO 2 composites
sintered by spark plasma sintering (SPS) with controlled microstructures for accident-tolerant …

The mechanical interaction between the fuel and cladding that occurs during operation of a
nuclear reactor is important to understand as it can lead to cladding failures and release of …

New fuels are being developed for light water nuclear reactors with the initial goal of
improving accident tolerance. More recently, these new fuel systems are also being …

Abstract Dense Cr-doped U 3 Si 2 composite fuels were manufactured by spark plasma
sintering, and the effects of Cr addition on mechanical properties and oxidation resistance …

In this study, U 3 Si 2 pellets were fabricated by spark plasma sintering (SPS) of U 3 Si 2
clinkers generated by a high-temperature solid reaction between U and Si powders. The …

Abstract Triuranium disilicide (U 3 Si 2) has been identified as an accident resistant
alternative to uranium dioxide (UO 2) based fuels. While experimental studies of U 3 Si 2 are …