This review considers current Zr alloys and opportunities for advanced zirconium alloys to
meet the demands of a structural material in fusion reactors. Zr based materials in the …

UO 2 has a long history being used as a nuclear fuel. However, its low thermal conductivity
has become one of the major concerns limiting nuclear reactor performance and safety …

Accident-tolerant fuel (ATF) has attracted considerable research attention since the 2011
Fukushima nuclear disaster. To improve the accident tolerance of the fuel-cladding systems …

Dense U 3 Si 2 pellets with controlled grain structure and enhanced thermal-mechanical
and oxidation properties are synthesized with spark plasma sintering (SPS). Microstructure …

Monte Carlo simulations show similarity on radial distributions of power and isotopic
concentrations at any effective full power depletion time among five kinds of fuel-cladding …

To accurately assess the in-pile performance of the accident tolerant fuel (ATF) over the
whole life for the light water reactors (LWR), a full coupling of neutronics/thermal …

U 3 Si 2–FeCrAl system has been a promising Accident Tolerant Fuels (ATFs) candidate for
its higher thermal conductivity, higher uranium density and lower oxidation rate. As a part of …

There has been a deep interest in trying to find better-performing fuel clad motivated by the
desire to decrease the likelihood of the reactor barrier failure like what happened in …

Abstract Both UN and U 3 Si 2 are potential candidates for accident tolerant fuels due to their
high fissile element density and exceptional thermal conductivity. However, they display a …

The selection of perfect accident-tolerant nuclear reactor fuels necessitates a neutronic
study of the various fuels for Small Modular Reactors (SMRs). This study demonstrates a …