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A Critical Review on the History of Fabricating Monolithic U-Mo Fuel Plates

Schulthess, Jason L. [Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)] (ORCID:0000000242897528)·Williams, Walter [Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)] (ORCID:0000000246144128)·Jue, Jan-Fong [Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)] (ORCID:0000000287223834)·Nielson, Bruce [Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)]·Merickel, John Wesley [Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)]
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Fabrication of uranium-molybdenum alloy fuels has been occurring since the early 2000s in support of the development of a high-uranium-density low-enrichment fuel for use in high-performance research and test reactors which operate at relatively low temperatures. The primary fuel form—a thin foil of uranium, alloyed with 10wt% molybdenum, which is coated in a layer of zirconium and then encapsulated with aluminum 6061 as a cladding material—was developed over a number of years.

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Schulthess, Jason L. [Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)] (ORCID:0000000242897528), Williams, Walter [Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)] (ORCID:0000000246144128), Jue, Jan-Fong [Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)] (ORCID:0000000287223834), Nielson, Bruce [Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)], Merickel, John Wesley [Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)]. 2024-09-30. A Critical Review on the History of Fabricating Monolithic U-Mo Fuel Plates. https://doi.org/10.2172/3022205

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