Preliminary Study on the Fabrication of Particulate Fuel through Pressureless Sintering Process

U-10wt%Zr spherical particles for use as particulate fuel were prepared by centrifugal atomization and subjected to pressureless sintering, which is one of the simplest powder processing techniques. At sintering temperature of 1100°C for 30 or 60 min, all samples ranging from +50 to −325 mesh showed...

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Main Authors: Jong-Hwan Kim, Jung-Won Lee, Ki-Hwan Kim, Chan-Bock Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-01-01
Series:Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3717361
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description U-10wt%Zr spherical particles for use as particulate fuel were prepared by centrifugal atomization and subjected to pressureless sintering, which is one of the simplest powder processing techniques. At sintering temperature of 1100°C for 30 or 60 min, all samples ranging from +50 to −325 mesh showed no apparent bonding between the particles. However, at 1150°C (80 min), all samples formed a bulk body and the microstructures showed apparent sintering stages. Particularly, sample B (50–70 mesh) and sample C (70–100 mesh) showed pore characteristics suitable for a particulate fuel. The results suggest that pressureless sinterability for U-10Zr particulate fuel can be improved by adding small-size (–325 mesh) particles.
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spelling doaj-art-1bf6ec9064ba4c3fbdb5002bd35376152025-08-20T03:54:51ZengWileyScience and Technology of Nuclear Installations1687-60751687-60832016-01-01201610.1155/2016/37173613717361Preliminary Study on the Fabrication of Particulate Fuel through Pressureless Sintering ProcessJong-Hwan Kim0Jung-Won Lee1Ki-Hwan Kim2Chan-Bock Lee3Next Generation Fuel Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Daejeon 305-353, Republic of KoreaNext Generation Fuel Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Daejeon 305-353, Republic of KoreaNext Generation Fuel Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Daejeon 305-353, Republic of KoreaNext Generation Fuel Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Daejeon 305-353, Republic of KoreaU-10wt%Zr spherical particles for use as particulate fuel were prepared by centrifugal atomization and subjected to pressureless sintering, which is one of the simplest powder processing techniques. At sintering temperature of 1100°C for 30 or 60 min, all samples ranging from +50 to −325 mesh showed no apparent bonding between the particles. However, at 1150°C (80 min), all samples formed a bulk body and the microstructures showed apparent sintering stages. Particularly, sample B (50–70 mesh) and sample C (70–100 mesh) showed pore characteristics suitable for a particulate fuel. The results suggest that pressureless sinterability for U-10Zr particulate fuel can be improved by adding small-size (–325 mesh) particles.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3717361
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