Research Article

Fabrication of UO2 Porous Pellets on a Scale of 30 kg-U/Batch at the PRIDE Facility

Figure 5

Experimental conditions and results of oxidation process: (a) thermal profile of sintering process and (b) produced UO2 sintered pellets. The inset in (b) and dashed circles indicate delamination defects.
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