The effect of fission products on the rate of U3O8 formation in SIMFUEL oxidized in air at 250°C

Journal of Nuclear Materials

Volumn 230, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 250-258

  Choi, Jong Won ^a   McEachern, Rod J ^b   Taylor, Peter ^b   Wood, Donald D ^b  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISSION PRODUCTS; FISSION REACTIONS; NUCLEAR FUELS; OXIDATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

HIGH BURNUP NUCLEAR FUEL; ISOCHRONAL OXIDATION; POWDER FORMATION TIME;

URANIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0030564084     PISSN: 00223115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-3115(96)80022-5     Document Type: Article

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