This is a report of a study of the effect of alloy additives on the properties of fuel under conditions typical of water cooled reactors. The behavior of uranium oxide fuel with added mixtures of the oxides of aluminum, silicon, niobium, and iron during reactor irradiation of experimental fuel elements is investigated in the MIR research reactor. The feasibility of using aluminum-silicate additives for improving the operating characteristics of fuel pellets under reactor irradiation conditions is demonstrated.
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Translated From Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 105, No. 4, Pp. 205–210, October, 2008.
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Novikov, V.V., Bibilashvili, Y.K., Mikheev, E.N. et al. Study of VVER fuel with dopant additives. At Energy 105, 262–269 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10512-009-9095-4
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