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Transmutation of Actinides
Author(s) -
Fernández Asunción,
Haas Didier,
Konings Rudy J. M.,
Somers Joseph
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of the american ceramic society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1551-2916
pISSN - 0002-7820
DOI - 10.1111/j.1151-2916.2002.tb00152.x
Subject(s) - pellets , nuclear transmutation , actinide , materials science , fabrication , calcination , cerium , sintering , compaction , transuranium element , yttria stabilized zirconia , plutonium , cubic zirconia , porosity , metallurgy , chemical engineering , radiochemistry , ceramic , nuclear chemistry , uranium , chemistry , composite material , neutron , medicine , biochemistry , physics , alternative medicine , pathology , quantum mechanics , catalysis , engineering
An advanced process has been developed on a laboratory scale at the Institute for Transuranium Elements (ITU) for the fabrication of transmutation fuels and targets. The process consists of the fabrication of highly porous beads using a sol–gel method, their infiltration by a nitrate solution of the relevant actinide, and calcination, compaction, and sintering to give the final product pellets. This work presents the results obtained in the qualification of this process whereby dense partially‐yttria‐stabilized zirconia pellets with high contents of cerium and plutonium have been fabricated.