A review on properties required for FB-CVD fabricated SiC for TRISO fuel production
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Abstract
In pursuit of achieving Net-Zero by 2050, there is a demand for a stable, sustainable source of green energy. The renewed focus on a ‘nuclear renaissance’ has highlighted the importance of demonstrating High Temperature Gas-cooled Reactor (HTGR) technology by the early 2030s. The performance of HTGRs hinges on the quality of their advanced fuel form known as TRi-structural ISOtropic (TRISO) coated fuel particles. Although the fabrication of TRISO particles achieved success in the late 20th century, the lack of commercial HTGR systems limited the development of this advanced fuel form, particularly in the UK after the termination of the Dragon Project. The small number of active research facilities globally has resulted in a lack of fundamental mechanistic understanding of the fabrication process, contributing to uncertainties in scaling up production to an industrial level. The commissioning of an active Fluidised Bed Chemical Vapour Deposition (FB-CVD) coater at the University of Manchester underscores the necessity for a preliminary literature study on fabrication parameters (deposition temperature, gas composition, flow rate, etc.) crucial for achieving high-quality TRISO products, while considering the economical utilisation of experimental uranic materials. This study is presented in two parts focusing on silicon carbide (SiC) and pyrolytic carbon (PyC) layers respectively. In the present work, SiC properties (stoichiometry, microstructure, density) and process parameters (coating rate, efficiency) are scrutinised. Experimental findings from historical and recent FB-CVD coaters worldwide have been analysed to establish correlations between fabrication parameters, SiC properties, and process outcomes. Consensus exists regarding the influence of deposition temperature, though conflicting results are observed concerning the impact of H 2 /MTS. Other crucial fabrication parameters such as input gas flow rates remain to be definitively determined. • SiC fabricated via FBCVD is the critical structural component of the TRISO coated fuel particle. • FBCVD processing of TRISO-coated fuel particles heavily depends on the design of the coating system. • This is a review of the fabrication parameters with their relationship with deposition mechanism and material properties.
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Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
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| Metaresearch | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.002 | 0.002 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.004 | 0.002 |
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