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Behavior of the Fuel Elements of Floating Power-Generating Units Under Irradiation

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The fuel composition uranium dioxide + aluminum alloy was developed for use in the fuel elements of the core of a floating power-generating unit and small nuclear power plants. Designs, a fabrication technology, and methods of monitoring cermet fuel elements of different unit sizes with an aluminum matrix and cladding made of zirconium alloys have been developed at VNIINM. Pre-reactor and reactor tests and post-reactor investigations of fuel elements have shown that these fuel elements hold promise for use in the core of a floating power-generating unit. The behavioral particularities of the fuel elements with fuel composition uranium dioxide + aluminum alloy under irradiation have been determined.

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  1. Bochvar All-Russia Research Institute for Inorganic Materials (VNIINM), Moscow, Russia

    G. V. Kulakov, A. V. Vatulin, S. A. Ershov, Yu. V. Konovalov, A. V. Morozov, V. I. Sorokin & V. V. Fedotov

  2. State Science Center – Research Institute for Atomic Reactors (GNTs NIIAR), Dimitrovgrad, Russia

    V. Yu. Shishin, V. A. Ovchinnikov & A. A. Shel’dyakov

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Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 119, No. 4, pp. 202–206, October, 2015.

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Kulakov, G.V., Vatulin, A.V., Ershov, S.A. et al. Behavior of the Fuel Elements of Floating Power-Generating Units Under Irradiation. At Energy 119, 247–252 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10512-016-0055-5

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