Safer Nuclear Fuels: New Uranium Pellets With Degradation-Resistant Cladding for Enhanced Safety

Oct. 29, 2013 — Exploratory research on revolutionary new types of nuclear fuel pellets that would be safer in the event of a nuclear disaster has yielded promising results, according to a team of scientists from the University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
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