Essays about: "Zirconium alloy production"

Found 2 essays containing the words Zirconium alloy production.

1. 1. Environmental analysis of zirconium alloy production

   University essay from Tillämpad kärnfysik

   Author : Mikael Lundberg; [2012]
   Keywords : Zirconium alloy production; environmental analysis; zircon mining;

   Abstract : The generation of electricity in light water nuclear power plants uses zirconium alloys as the primary containment and cladding of the nuclear fuel. The environmental impacts of the production of zirconium alloys have been analyzed form a lifecycle perspective. READ MORE

3. 2. Manufacturing methods for (U-Zr)N-fuels

   University essay from KTH/Fysik

   Author : Tobias Hollmer; [2011]
   Keywords : nuclear fuel; nitride fuel; uranium nitride; zirconium nitride; spark plasma sintering; solid solution; reaction kinetics; hydriding; nitriding; denitriding; uranium hydride; zirconium hydride; uranium zirconium alloy;

   Abstract : In this work a manufacturing method for UN, ZrN and (U,Zr)N pellets was established at the nuclear fuel laboratory at KTH Stockholm/Sweden, which consists of the production of nitride powders and their sintering into pellets by spark plasma sintering. The nitride powders were produced by the hydriding-nitriding route using pure metal as starting material. READ MORE