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Journal Article

Author
Ebeling, D. R.
Title
Ceramics for high-temperature gas-cooled thermal nuclear reactors
In
Mechanical and Chemical Engineering Transactions
Imprint
vol. MC2, 1966, pp. 55-
Description

Author: D. R. Ebeling, BMechE AMIEAust

[This paper was awarded the Institution Award 1966 - jointly]

Abstract

An engineering comparison is made of ceramics for use as moderators and fuel dispersants in high-temperature thermal reactors with comments on auxiliary applications. It is indicated that their major usefulness is in achieving a high temperature of operation. The major disadvantages of ceramics as unclad fuel dispersants are (a) their brittle nature, which imposes additional limits on fuel element stresses, and (b) their porosity, which may necessitate design for active circuits and clean-up systems. It is suggested that ceramics have economic potential for use in gas-cooled systems, provided designs are developed which can fully utilize their thermodynamic potential and mitigate or avoid the reprocessing and fabrication problems.

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