Fabrication of Dispersed CERamic-CERamic and Ceramic-METallic pellets for the Transmutation of Actinides

摘要

This paper describes the development of fabrication technology for target materials to be used in irradiation experiments, in the PHENIX and HFR reactors. Several target concepts will be tested: micro- as well as macrodispersed composites of (Am,Y,Zr)O_2 in MgO (cercer) and macrodispersed composites of (Pu,Y,Zr)O_2 in Stainless Steel (cermet) material. Results of the completed fabrication campaigns for cermet and cercer will be presented.