Thorium oxide is referred to as the world's nuclear fuel of the future for fourth-generation
reactors, according to its numerous advantages. So, it is essential to provide practical …

Abstract Working with the (Environmental) Scanning Electron Microscope (ESEM) at high
temperature has been a long lasting goal for many researchers and remains to this day a …

In this work, a new free-energy-based and interfacially consistent phase-field model for solid-
state sintering has been proposed. A phase-field model is considered interfacially consistent …

In-situ scanning electron microscope (SEM) is essential for investigating materials'
properties. In this study, a custom-built in-situ heating system was developed to improve …

Production of actinide oxide powder via dry thermal decomposition of corresponding
oxalates is currently carried out on the industrial scale at temperatures exceeding 500° C …

Nuclear fuels production, structural materials, separation techniques, and waste
management, all may benefit from an extensive knowledge in the nano-nuclear technology …

A simple wet chemistry route towards micrometric spherical UO2 particles was designed
through the conversion of uranium (IV) aspartate under mild hydrothermal conditions (T …

The applicability of epoxide-based sol–gel synthesis for actinide oxide (thoria) starting from
air-stable salt, Th (NO3) 4, has been examined. The homogeneous gel formed from Th …

Thorium oxalate is easy to prepare, but the derived oxide powders retain the platelet
morphology of the primary oxalate. This negatively impacts packing and sintering. If powder …

We report on the crystallite growth of nanometric NpO2 and UO2 powders. The AnO2
nanoparticles (An= U and Np) were synthesized by hydrothermal decomposition of the …