Diffusion of silver in 6H-SiC

SiC is used as the main diffusion barrier in the fuel spheres of the pebble bed modular reactor (PBMR). The PBMR is a modern high temperature nuclear reactor. However, the release of silver from the fuel spheres has raised some doubts about the effectiveness of this barrier, which has led to many st...

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Main Author: Hlatshwayo, Thulani Thokozani
Other Authors: Malherbe, Johan B.
Published: University of Pretoria 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25616
Hlatshwayo, TT 2010, Diffusion of silver in 6H-SiC, PhD thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25616 >
http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-06182011-165556/

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