Nuclear fuel for isotope extraction
AssigneesSck.Cen, Institut National Des Radioelements - I.R.E.
InventorsAndrew Ken CEA, Ann Josefine Georgette LEENAERS, Thomas PARDOEN, Sven VAN DEN BERGHE, Valery Claude Lino G. HOST, Christophe WYLOCK
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Abstract
A nuclear fuel, the nuclear fuel comprising uranium aluminide grains, wherein the uranium aluminide grain properties are selected for good isotope extraction after irradiation and chemical digestion.
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A nuclear fuel, the nuclear fuel comprising uranium aluminide grains, wherein the uranium aluminide grain properties are selected for good isotope extraction after irradiation and chemical digestion, the uranium aluminide grains having a lower fraction of boundaries showing a decreased corrosion compared to the fraction of random boundaries.
A method for characterization of uranium aluminide alloy grains in nuclear fuel, the method comprising
- obtaining an uranium aluminide alloy containing material
- applying electron backscatter diffraction to the uranium aluminide alloy containing material, and
- deriving based thereon one or more grain boundary properties.
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