uranium dioxide

collocation in English

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uranium
noun[U]
uk
/jʊəˈreɪ.ni.əm/us
/jʊˈreɪ.ni.əm/
a chemical element that is a heavy, radioactive metal, used in the production of nuclear power and in some types of ...
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dioxide
noun[U]
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/daɪˈɒk.saɪd/us
/daɪˈɑːk.saɪd/
a chemical substance consisting of two atoms of oxygen combined with one atom of ...
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Uraniumdioxideis the form in which uranium is most commonly used as a nuclear reactor fuel.
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By sputtering, using uranium metal and an argon/oxygen gas mixture, thin films ofuraniumdioxidecan be deposited upon gold surfaces.
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The reactor's metallic uranium fuel could easily burn in the presence of oxygen, unlike theuraniumdioxideused in modern reactors.
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The thermal conductivity ofuraniumdioxideis low; it is affected by porosity and burn-up.
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Beryllium oxide is also being studied for use in increasing the thermal conductivity ofuraniumdioxidenuclear fuel pellets.
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Uraniumdioxidepellets, which generate heat while undergoing fission, also generate fission products.
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The enriched result is then converted intouraniumdioxidepowder, which is pressed and fired into pellet form.
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The plant is a pressurized water reactor withuraniumdioxidefuel elements, which are used in degrees of enrichment of 1.9%, 2.5% and 3.5%.
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Most nuclear fuel isuraniumdioxide, which is a cubic solid with a structure similar to that of calcium fluoride.
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The fuels other thanuraniumdioxideare not compromised.
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Uraniumdioxideis also resistant to radiation damage, making it useful for rad-hard devices for special military and aerospace applications.
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Uranium metal reacts with water to form hydrogen gas, this reaction formsuraniumdioxideand 2% to 9% uranium hydride.
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In used fuel the solid state structure of most of the solid remains the same as that of pure cubicuraniumdioxide.
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The thermal conductivity ofuraniumdioxideis very low compared with that of zirconium metal, and it goes down as the temperature goes up.
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Another limitation for the direct use of depleteduraniumdioxidefine powder is that concretes depend on their coarse aggregates to carry compressive stresses.
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Uranyl chloride is formed when chlorine gas is passed overuraniumdioxideat a red heat.
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Uranium oxycarbide combines uranium carbide with theuraniumdioxideto reduce the oxygen stoichiometry.
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Each reactor contains 42 tons of lightly enricheduraniumdioxidefuel.
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After heating in a mixture of 5% hydrogen and 95% argon will form a mixture ofuraniumdioxideand plutonium dioxide.
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For example, there has been much work on howuraniumdioxidebased fuel interacts with the zirconium alloy tubing used to cover it.
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