In commercial reactors where a ‘pellet missing surface’ is observed a cladding crack has also been
observed several times. Chips are produced mainly by dynamic impacts during pellet production process
as a whole, i.e. ...
[EN] Fired ceramic components and green compacted bodies from ceramic powder are both fragile structures. Their particles have weak mechanical links or are just agglomerated by a binder. Due to the compaction process failure ...
Powder flowability characteristics are often intentionally modified in order to improve their production
process. The UO2 pellet manufacturing process can consist of many steps, e.g. milling, granulation,
homogenization, ...