Scientists
at the Far Eastern Federal University have invented a new method of
producing nuclear fuel using electric current, said the university
Friday.
Main
advantages of the new technology are low cost, quick manufacturing
process, and improvement of product quality. Fuel can be produced
even from uranium dioxide powder, which is not suitable for common
technology, the press service said.
"The
key idea of our method is heating with electric current. It flows
through a mould that already has some powder on it. In such
conditions uranium oxide fuel experiences the powerful pulsed
discharge and mechanical pressure simultaneously," said Ivan
Tananaev, head of the department of nuclear technologies at the
school of natural sciences.
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