Preliminary Study on the Fabrication of Particulate Fuel through Pressureless Sintering Process

Table 1

Sintering conditions performed in this study for U-10Zr particulate metal fuel.

Characteristics	U-10wt%Zr alloy
Particle shape	Sphere
Particle size (mesh)	+50−325
Sintering temperature (°C) [sintering time (min)]	1100 (30, 60), 1150 (80)
Heating rate (°C/min)	2
Sintering atmosphere	Vacuum (<10^−4 Torr)