PORE-SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS IN URANIUM-DIOXIDE AND URANIUM DIOXIDE-GADOLINIUM OXIDE FUEL KERNEL PRODUCED BY SOL-GEL TECHNIQUE

GUNDUZ G., ONAL I., DURMAZUCAR H. H.

JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS, vol.178, pp.212-216, 1991 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 178
  • Publication Date: 1991
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/0022-3115(91)90388-n
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.212-216
  • Sivas Cumhuriyet University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Small kernels of UO2-Gd2O3 were produced from their nitrate solutions by the application of sol-gel process in place of the more conventional process of mixing powders. The sol-gel method consisted of the following steps: sol preparation, sol drop dispersion, gellation, washing of gelled microspheres, aging, drying, calcination, reduction, and sintering.