Certain Aspects of Using 15N-Enriched Mixed Uranium-Plutonium Nitride Fuel in a Fast-Reactor Fuel Cycle

Progress in the chemistry of molecular actinide-nitride compounds

“…[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] In contrast, the chemistry of molecular actinide-nitrides is signicantly less developed than their d-block counterparts, however, inorganic actinide-nitride materials (uranium, thorium, neptunium, and plutonium) have attracted large attention as advanced nuclear fuels. [8][9][10][11][12][13][14] Notably, uranium nitride (UN) materials were some of the rst compounds reported as active catalysts in the industrial Haber-Bosch process for the production of NH 3 from N 2 and H 2 . 15,16 Three solid uranium nitrides are known (UN, UN 2 , and U 2 N 3 ).…”