A Critical Review of the Recent Improvements in Minimizing Nuclear Waste by Innovative Gas-Cooled Reactors

<table class="table-group" id="tab11"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left"></td><td align="center"> UPuO<sub>2</sub></td><td align="center"> UPuC </td><td align="center"> UPuN </td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left"> Density [g/cm<sup>3</sup>] </td><td align="center">11.0</td><td align="center">13.6</td><td align="center">14.3</td></tr><tr><td align="left"> HM density [g/cm<sup>3</sup>] </td><td align="center">9.7</td><td align="center">12.9</td><td align="center">13.5</td></tr><tr><td align="left"> T<sub>melt</sub>[<svg height="12.9375" id="M235" style="vertical-align:-0.0pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 8 12.9375" width="8" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
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</svg>C] </td><td align="center">2775</td><td align="center">2480</td><td align="center">2780</td></tr><tr><td align="left"> Thermal conductivity [W/mK] </td><td align="center">2.9</td><td align="center">19.6</td><td align="center">19.8</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Property data of some fuel compound [<a href="/journals/stni/2008/265430/#B3">5</a>].

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