Uranium zirconium hydride

Uranium zirconium hydride (abbreviated UZrH), is a type of nuclear fuel. It is used in TRIGA (Training, Research, Isotopes, General Atomics) educational reactors. It is not a true chemical compound, but an alloy of uranium, zirconium, and hydrogen.

UZrH fuel is used in most educational and research reactors as a result of its material properties making it difficult for it to melt and nearly impossible for it to sustain a high temperature reaction.

Franco-Belge de Fabrication du Combustible, in Romans-sur-Isère, France, is the only manufacturer of this fuel.

 References 

 Other websites 
 Technical Foundations of TRIGA: Thermalization In Zirconium Hydride


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