Abstract:
In past 33 years, U
3Si
2-Al dispersion fuel has been developed and is used successfully for RERTR program. But it is only suited to the research reactor with low power density, because the breaking swelling will occur during its operation temperature and fission density going beyond the bounds of the irradiation performance. The serious bubble growth and swelling of U7Mo-(Al, Si) dispersion fuel were caused by the chemical reaction between UMo particle and Al matrix. The ZrN coating on U7Mo particles can prevent their interaction, which is possible to use the U7Mo-Al dispersion fuel in the practical reactors. The monolithic U10Mo fuel plate has a uranium density of 16 g/cm
3 in this meat, and that has an excellent irradiation performance. They will be a kind of conspicuous high-class fuel in future. But the developing fabrication technique is required. It is possible the monolithic U10Mo fuel plate may be fabricated by using our improved frame structure and rolling method so as to maintain a similar percentage elon-gation of between UMo meat and Al cladding during rolling.