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nuclearsneke
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- Tl;dr - why is it so low and how to get the right value of density?
Howdy partners!
I am currently doing some project on Klt40s neutronic simulation (you might have heard of Akademik Lomonosov, the floating npp). But I have encountered a problem with fuel density. The only info that i got that "uranium density IN FUEL MEAT/KERNEL" is 4.5 g/cm3. The Fuel is uranium dioxide dispersed in aluminum-silicon alloy.
However, I need the fuel density for further calculations of nuclear densities (1/cm3).
I know that density of uo2 is 10.9 g/cm3 and density of the alloy is around 2.7 g/cm3. Have you guys gotten any ideas on how to calculate the whole fuel density and maybe fractions of fuel and matrix (sial alloy) from these data?
I am currently doing some project on Klt40s neutronic simulation (you might have heard of Akademik Lomonosov, the floating npp). But I have encountered a problem with fuel density. The only info that i got that "uranium density IN FUEL MEAT/KERNEL" is 4.5 g/cm3. The Fuel is uranium dioxide dispersed in aluminum-silicon alloy.
However, I need the fuel density for further calculations of nuclear densities (1/cm3).
I know that density of uo2 is 10.9 g/cm3 and density of the alloy is around 2.7 g/cm3. Have you guys gotten any ideas on how to calculate the whole fuel density and maybe fractions of fuel and matrix (sial alloy) from these data?