Nitrides as a nuclear fuel option

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 25, Issue 12 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 2687-2692

  Streit, Marco ^a,b   Ingold, Franz ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b Aare Tessin Ltd for Electricity   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Nitrides; Nuclear applications; Powders chemical preparation; Shaping; Sol gel processes

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; FAST REACTORS; NITRIDING; NUCLEAR FUELS; OPTIMIZATION; OXIDES; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

ACCELERATOR-DRIVEN SUB-CRITICAL SYSTEMS (ADS); FREEZE DRYING; HIGH QUALITY MATERIALS; POWDER COMPACTION;

NITRIDES;

NUCLEAR APPLICATION;

EID: 20444487722     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2005.03.181     Document Type: Article

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