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Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 6 | Number 3 | September 1959 | Pages 222-228
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE59-A25662
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Hardness, density, and thermal expansion data are presented for alloys of uranium with certain fission-product elements. The elements are those expected to remain in a spent fuel from a fast reactor following pyrometallurgical refining. In cast and gamma quenched alloys the retention of the high-temperature gamma phase produces low hardness and low density. Thermal expansion behavior is dependent upon composition and prior thermal history.