Densification and swelling in UO2 pellets under hydrostatic pressure condition

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 796-800

  Kashibe, Shinji ^a   Une, Katsumi ^a  

^a NIPPON NUCLEAR FUEL DEVELOPMENT CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Annealing; Boiling; Bubble growth; Densification; Fuel pellets; High pressure; High temperature; Hydrostatic pressure; LWR fuel; Pressure dependence; Swelling; Temperature dependence; Uranium dioxide; Volume

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; BUBBLE FORMATION; DENSIFICATION; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS IN SOLIDS; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; LIGHT WATER REACTORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHRINKAGE; SWELLING; URANIUM DIOXIDE; VOLUME FRACTION;

HULL-RIMMER EQUATION;

NUCLEAR FUEL PELLETS;

EID: 0032207844     PISSN: 00223131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/18811248.1998.9733946     Document Type: Article

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