TY - JOUR
T1 - Uranium carbide properties for advanced fuel modeling – A review
AU - Vasudevamurthy, Gokul
AU - Nelson, Andrew T.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021
PY - 2022/1
Y1 - 2022/1
N2 - Uranium carbides are receiving renewed interest as a preferred nuclear fuel composition for advanced reactors due to their numerous favorable properties. Like many other refractory and transition metal carbides these compounds exist in both hypo- and hyper-stoichiometric compositions which results in significant variations in physical, thermal, and mechanical properties. This manuscript surveys both historic and recent literature to compile important properties data mainly as a function of temperature and carbon content to support fuel performance modeling. Expressions and fits for such properties are also suggested when allowed by complete data sets. The manuscript also attempts to highlight gaps and discrepancies in the reported data to assist the nuclear fuels community identify key areas that may require further attention in terms of future research and development.
AB - Uranium carbides are receiving renewed interest as a preferred nuclear fuel composition for advanced reactors due to their numerous favorable properties. Like many other refractory and transition metal carbides these compounds exist in both hypo- and hyper-stoichiometric compositions which results in significant variations in physical, thermal, and mechanical properties. This manuscript surveys both historic and recent literature to compile important properties data mainly as a function of temperature and carbon content to support fuel performance modeling. Expressions and fits for such properties are also suggested when allowed by complete data sets. The manuscript also attempts to highlight gaps and discrepancies in the reported data to assist the nuclear fuels community identify key areas that may require further attention in terms of future research and development.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85110427390&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2021.153145
DO - 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2021.153145
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85110427390
SN - 0022-3115
VL - 558
JO - Journal of Nuclear Materials
JF - Journal of Nuclear Materials
M1 - 153145
ER -