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From South Korea to Belgium: Testing a high-density research reactor fuel
The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute has developed a high-density uranium silicide fuel designed to replace high-enriched uranium in research reactors. Recent irradiation tests appear to be successful, KAERI reports, which means the fuel could be commercialized to continue a key global nuclear nonproliferation effort—converting research reactors to run on low-enriched uranium fuel.
D.S. Barnett, T.K. Gil, M.S. Kazimi
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 15 | Number 2 | March 1989 | Pages 967-972
Safety And Environment — II | doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A39818
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A series of experiments has been conducted to characterize the kinetics of lithium reactions with mixtures of oxygen, nitrogen and steam. Lithium reaction rates with the various gas mixtures were determined as functions of the lithium temperature and the gas composition. In each experiment, gas of a desired composition was passed over lithium preheated to a specific temperature (between 400 and 900°C). It was found that the oxygen inhibited the nitrogen reaction rate by reacting much more quickly and keeping the nitrogen from the available lithium. Tests with steam and nitrogen indicate that the lithium-nitrogen reaction is catalyzed by the presence of steam and that little elemental hydrogen is generated.