Detection of gas-permeable fuel particle
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B.A. Thiele; D.P. Stinton; D.A. Costanzo
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Article
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1980
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Fuel for High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactors (HTGR) consists of uranium oxide-carbide and thoria microspheres coated with layers of pyrolytic carbon and silicon carbide. The pyrolytic carbon coatings must be gastight to perform properly during irradiation. Therefore, particles must be carefully cha