Possibilities of Using Hypostoichiometric Uranium Dioxide in Thermionic Fuel Elements 929238
Advantages of using UO2-X in fuel elements are discussed.
Change of the initial uranium dioxide content due to burn-up, themal diffusion, as well as fuel component carry-over through the fuel element cladding and vent system is calculated. It is shown that while the fuel element works, the oxygen coefficient increases. The initial value of O/U=1.990-1.998 providing preservation of the hypostoichiometric content during life time is recommended.
The authors results on UO2-X structure investigation under conditions of heating-cooling and long storage, as well as comparative data on free swelling are given besides literature data on UO2-X properties.
Citation: Gontar, A., Gutnik, V., Lubimov, D., Nikolaev, Y. et al., "Possibilities of Using Hypostoichiometric Uranium Dioxide in Thermionic Fuel Elements," SAE Technical Paper 929238, 1992, https://doi.org/10.4271/929238. Download Citation
Author(s):
A. S. Gontar, V. S. Gutnik, D. Yu. Lubimov, Yu. V. Nikolaev, A. S. Panov, Ye. M. Rakitskaya
Affiliated:
Research Institute of Scientific Industrial Association“Lutch”
Pages: 6
Event:
27th Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference (1992)
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Related Topics:
Oxygen
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