Document Type
Annual Report
Publication Date
6-15-2003
First page number:
1
Last page number:
38
Abstract
This research report develops a model to analyze the transport of americium from the melt to the vapor phase above the crucible. The model considers mass transport in the melt, vaporization at the surface, and transport through the vapor phase. The greatest problem with the model is the uncertainty of the thermodynamic properties of the proposed ternary alloy. The details of the model and the specific quantities needed for the physical properties will be discussed.
Keywords
Actinide alloys; Americium; Metal-base fuel; Metal castings; Metallurgical furnaces; Nuclear fuel rods; Transmutation (Chemistry)
Controlled Subject
Actinide alloys; Metallurgical furnaces--Design and construction; Nuclear engineering--Material
Disciplines
Nuclear | Nuclear Engineering
File Format
File Size
718 KB
Language
English
Repository Citation
Chen, Y.,
Clarksean, R.,
Pepper, D.
(2003).
Phase II: Design and Analysis of a Process for Melt Casting Metallic Fuel Pins Incorporating Volatile Actinides.
1-38.
Available at:
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/hrc_trp_fuels/13