Nuclear energy is presently the single major low-carbon electricity source in Europe and is
overall expected to maintain (perhaps eventually even increase) its current installed power …

The increasing demand for nuclear reactors as a source of clean energy forced nuclear
researchers to search for ways to enhance the safety operation of nuclear reactors. This …

Fully ceramic microencapsulated (FCM) fuel is a promising ATF concept with extraordinary
fission product inclusion capacity, excellent oxidation and corrosion resistance, and high …

After the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident, scientists and engineers have been developing
accident-tolerant fuel (ATF) concepts to make nuclear reactors safer. To make light-water …

To apply SiC ceramics as a matrix for fully ceramic microencapsulated (FCM) fuels, the
equivalent boron content (EBC) factors of elements in the sintering additives should be …

The effects of the starting SiC powder (α or β) with the addition of 5.67 wt% AlN–Y 2 O 3–
CeO 2–MgO additives on the residual porosity and thermal conductivity of fully ceramic …

Abstract Fully Ceramic Microencapsulated (FCM) fuel is one of the most advanced fuel types
for the next nuclear reactor generations. The use of uranium carbide fuel in FCM offers …

The SMART reactor core has been analyzed for UO2, mix oxide fuel (MOX) fuel (PuO2 with
3.0 wt% and UO2 with 97.0 wt%), and (U-Th) O2 fuel. The burnup, Doppler reactivity …

For space gas-cooled fast reactors, the neutron spectrum will be thermalized and increase
reactivity in the submerged accidents, having an impact on the safety of the reactor. In this …

Abstract Fully Ceramic Microencapsulated (FCM) fuel is one of the most advanced fuel types
for the next nuclear reactor generations. ATFs (Accident Tolerant Fuels) can improve nuclear …