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Liquid-metal plasticizer for forming fuel-element kernels

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It is proposed that the possibility of fabricating fuel elements by extrusion using nonremovable liquid-metal plasticizer be investigated. Alloys of sodium with potassium and thallium are examined as plasticizers. The implementation of this method will permit fabricating fuel elements remotely using high-activity fuel produced in breeder reactors.

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  1. Institute of Nuclear Reactors, Russian Science Center Kurchatov Institute, Moscow, Russia

    A. S. Kolokol, A. A. Proshkin, I. V. Pyshin & A. L. Shimkevich

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Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 109, No. 4, pp. 219–222, October, 2010.

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Kolokol, A.S., Proshkin, A.A., Pyshin, I.V. et al. Liquid-metal plasticizer for forming fuel-element kernels. At Energy 109, 274–277 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10512-011-9356-x

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