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Uranium dioxide or uranium(IV) oxide (UO 2), also known as urania or uranous oxide, is an oxide of uranium, and is a black, radioactive, crystalline powder that naturally occurs in the mineral uraninite. It is used in nuclear fuel rods in nuclear reactors. A mixture of uranium and plutonium dioxides is used as MOX fuel.
Uranium oxide is an oxide of the element uranium. The metal uranium forms several oxides: Uranium dioxide or uranium(IV) oxide (UO 2 , the mineral uraninite or pitchblende)
Uranium dioxide is the form in which uranium is most commonly used as a nuclear reactor fuel. [3] At ambient temperatures, UO 2 will gradually convert to U 3 O 8. Because of their stability, uranium oxides are generally considered the preferred chemical form for storage or disposal. [3]
According to the International Nuclear Safety Center [22] the thermal conductivity of uranium dioxide can be predicted under different conditions by a series of equations. The bulk density of the fuel can be related to the thermal conductivity. Where ρ is the bulk density of the fuel and ρ td is the theoretical density of the uranium dioxide.
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Uranium glass is glass which has had uranium, usually in oxide diuranate form, added to a glass mix before melting for colouration. The proportion usually varies from trace levels to about 2% uranium by weight, although some 20th-century pieces were made with up to 25% uranium.