Enhanced thermal conductivity of spark plasma-sintered thorium dioxide-silicon carbide composite fuel pellets
Thorium dioxide (ThO2)-silicon carbide (SiC) composite fuel pellets were fabricated via the spark plasma-sintering (SPS) method to investigate the role of the addition of SiC in enhancing the thermal conductivity of ThO2 fuel. SiC particles with an average size of 1µm in 10 and 15 vol% were used to manufacture the composite pellets. The changes […]