Novel production route of yttria-stabilized zirconia fuel kernels and pellets for nuclear fuel applications

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 133-137

  Couland, Marc ^a   Fourcaudot, Serge ^a   Jovani Abril, Raquel ^a   Fernandez Carretero, Asuncion ^a   Somers, Joseph ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COATED PARTICLES; FAST NEUTRON REACTORS; FUEL APPLICATIONS; FUEL KERNELS; INERT MATRIX; INTERNAL GELATION; MINOR ACTINIDE; NEUTRONICS; PROCESS CONDITION; PRODUCTION ROUTE; REACTOR SYSTEMS;

ACTINIDES; COAGULATION; FUELS; GELATION; NEUTRON DETECTORS; OPTIMIZATION; PELLETIZING; YTTRIA STABILIZED ZIRCONIA; YTTRIUM ALLOYS; ZIRCONIA;

NUCLEAR FUEL PELLETS;

EID: 84855368527     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2011.04854.x     Document Type: Article

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