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COLD FUEL [1 record]

Record 1 2010-11-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Properties of Fuels
  • Nuclear Fission Reactors
DEF

[Nuclear] fuel with high thermal conductivity …

French

Domaine(s)
  • Propriétés des combustibles
  • Réacteurs nucléaires de fission
CONT

Le composé d’actinides est de préférence un carbure ou un nitrure qui présente à la fois une densité élevée, une haute température de fusion et une bonne conductivité thermique, l’ensemble conduisant à un combustible «froid» mieux apte à retenir ses produits de fission et sollicitant moins les structures qui le contiennent.

Spanish

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