%0 Journal Article %A Geun-Il Park and Jae-Won Lee and Dou-Youn Lee and Jung-Won Lee and Kwang-Wook Kim and Kee-Chan Song %D 2010 %J International Journal of Chemical and Molecular Engineering %B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology %I Open Science Index 47, 2010 %T Thermo-chemical Characteristics of Powder Fabricated by Oxidation of Spent PWR Fuel %U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/1908 %V 47 %X Thermochemcial characteristics of powder fabricated using oxidation treatment of spent PWR fuel and SIMFUEL were evaluated for recycling of spent fuel such as DUPIC process. Especially, the influence of spent fuel burn-ups on the powder fabrication characteristics was experimentally evaluated, ranging from 27,300 to 65,000 MWd/tU. Densities of powder manufactured from an oxidation, OREOX and the milling processes at the same process conditions were compared as a function of the fuel burn-ups respectively. Also, based on chemical analysis results, homogeneity of fissile elements in oxidized powder was confirmed. %P 703 - 706