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Securing the advanced reactor fleet
Physical protection accounts for a significant portion of a nuclear power plant’s operational costs. As the U.S. moves toward smaller and safer advanced reactors, similar protection strategies could prove cost prohibitive. For tomorrow’s small modular reactors and microreactors, security costs must remain appropriate to the size of the reactor for economical operation.
Li Liu, Long Fan, Xirui Lu
Nuclear Technology | Volume 193 | Number 3 | March 2016 | Pages 430-433
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NT15-31
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This research evaluated the generation of uranium-doped gadolinium zirconate pyrochlore by a high-temperature sintering method. The sintering temperature and holding time were adjusted in the fabricating course. The sintered samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy. The study shows that uranium-doped gadolinium zirconate pyrochlore can be generated with sintering parameters of 1250°C and 72 h. Analysis with XRD indicates that the uranium-doped gadolinium zirconate pyrochlore has a fluorite structure.