Dissolution, Reactor, and Environmental Behavior of ZrO2-MgO Inert Fuel Matrix

Authors

Kenneth Czerwinski, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow

Funder

United States. Department of Energy.

Document Type

Grant

Publication Date

2004

First page number:

1

Last page number:

13

Abstract

This project will examine inert fuels containing ZrO₂ and MgO as the inert matrix, with the relative amount of MgO varied from 30% to 70% in ZrO₂. Reactor physics calculations will be used to examine suitable quantities of burnable poisons from the candidate elements Gd, Er, or Hf with reactor grade Pu providing the fissile component, with up to 10 % of ²³⁹Pu. Ceramics will be synthesized and characterized based on the reactor physics results. The solubility the fuel ceramics, in reactor conditions, reprocessing conditions, and repository conditions, will be investigated in a manner to provide thermodynamic data necessary for modeling.

Keywords

Magnesium oxide; Mixed oxide fuels (Nuclear engineering); Nuclear fuels; Plutonium; Solid oxide fuel cells; Zirconium oxide

Controlled Subject

Mixed oxide fuels (Nuclear engineering); Nuclear fuels; Solid oxide fuel cells--Design and construction

Disciplines

Nuclear | Oil, Gas, and Energy | Physical Chemistry

File Format

pdf

File Size

615 KB

Language

English

Repository Citation

Czerwinski, K. (2004). Dissolution, Reactor, and Environmental Behavior of ZrO2-MgO Inert Fuel Matrix. 1-13.
Available at: https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/hrc_trp_fuels/59