Laser melting of uranium carbides

Journal of Nuclear Materials

Volumn 385, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 443-448

  Utton, C A ^a,b   De Bruycker, F ^a   Boboridis, K ^a   Jardin, R ^a   Noel, H ^c   Gueneau C ^d   Manara, D ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^d DEN SAC DPC SECR Laboratory of Nuclear Isotopic and Elementary Analyses   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; INERT GASES; MELTING; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR PROPULSION; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; ULTRASONICS; URANIUM; URANIUM CARBIDE;

CARBIDE FUELS; EXTREME CONDITIONS; FOURTH GENERATIONS; FURNACE MELTING; IN-SITU ANALYSIS; INERT GAS; LASER-INDUCED MELTING; LASER-MELTING; LIQUIDUS; MATERIAL RESEARCHES; NUCLEAR MATERIALS; NUCLEAR PLANTS; OPERATION LIMITS; OXIDATION EFFECTS; SAMPLE SURFACES; VAPORISATION;

MELTING POINT;

EID: 61849168066     PISSN: 00223115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2008.12.031     Document Type: Article

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