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JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS
Volume 464, Issue -, Pages 275-280Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2015.04.031
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- U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy Fuel Cycle Research and Development program
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Use of U3Si2 in nuclear reactors requires accurate thermophysical property data to capture heat transfer within the core. Compilation of the limited previous research efforts focused on the most critical property, thermal conductivity, reveals extensive disagreement. Assessment of this data is challenged by the fact that the critical structural and chemical details of the material used to provide historic data is either absent or confirms the presence of significant impurity phases. This study was initiated to fabricate high purity U3Si2 to quantify the coefficient of thermal expansion, heat capacity, thermal diffusivity, and thermal conductivity from room temperature to 1773 K. Datasets provided in this manuscript will facilitate more detailed fuel performance modeling to assess both current and proposed reactor designs that incorporate U3Si2. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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