Irradiation of Uranium Monocarbide
- 1 February 1960
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Nuclear Science and Engineering
- Vol. 7 (2) , 111-121
- https://doi.org/10.13182/nse60-a29079
Abstract
Uranium carbide containing about 5.2 w/o carbon has been irradiated to nominal burnups of 1000 and 5000 Mwd/ton of carbide. The results are generally encouraging, although some cracking has been observed. The observed density decreases were about the same at 1000 and 5000 Mwd/ton irradiations, being 0.7 to 2.5 and 0.6 to 2.5% respectively. The problems and questions raised by these irradiations are discussed. Additional irradiations are planned to study the effects of composition and of burnups to 15,000 Mwd/ton of carbide.Keywords
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