Methods for preparation and production of raw materials to make gadolinium oxide pellets used in composite uranium-gadolinium fuel production
https://doi.org/10.17073/1997-308X-2016-2-15-21
Abstract
А process for producing an effective composite uranium-gadolinium fuel was developed in the laboratory. This fuel will help to improve technical and economic performance of nuclear power plants. Based on the analysis of the results obtained, the implementation of the proposed method in a manufacturing environment was substantiated. Methods for preparation and production of the raw materials for the fabrication of gadolinium oxide were described. The essential characteristics of promising composite uraniumgadolinium fuel pills were defined experimentally. Based on these characteristics, the final specifications for the fuel pills were formulated.
About the Authors
T. M. Aldazharov
East Kazakhstan State Technical University
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Doctoral Candidate of Department «Chemistry, metallurgy and enrichment»,
070004, Ust-Kamenogorsk, A.K. Protozanov str., 69
Yu. G. Rusin
East Kazakhstan State Technical University
Russian Federation
Cand. Sci. (Phys.-Math.), Senior Lecturer of Department «Chemistry, metallurgy and enrichment»,
Russian Federation
Cand. Sci. (Phys.-Math.), Senior Lecturer of Department «Chemistry, metallurgy and enrichment»,
070004, Ust-Kamenogorsk, A.K. Protozanov str., 69
Zh. V. Eremeeva
MISIS
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Dr. Sci. (Tech.), Associate Professor of Department «Powder metallurgy and functional coatings»,
119049, Moscow, Leninsky pr., 4
T. A. Ryspaev
Technical University Clausthal
Germany
Germany
Dr. Sci. (Tech.), Senior Lecturer,
38678, Adolph-Roemer-Straße 2A, Clausthal-Zellerfeld
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Aldazharov T.M., Rusin Yu.G., Eremeeva Zh.V., Ryspaev T.A. Methods for preparation and production of raw materials to make gadolinium oxide pellets used in composite uranium-gadolinium fuel production. Powder Metallurgy аnd Functional Coatings (Izvestiya Vuzov. Poroshkovaya Metallurgiya i Funktsional'nye Pokrytiya). 2016;(2):15-21. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.17073/1997-308X-2016-2-15-21
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