Quantitative crystallographic analysis of as-fabricated full size U-Mo/Al(Si) nuclear fuel plates

► New methodology for quantitative analysis of U-Mo/Al(Si) fuel plates. ► Measurement of Si-rich and oxide average layer thickness. ► Accurate study of the Si behaviour during fuel plate fabrication. ► Destabilisation products of the γU-Mo phase in fuel plates with different microstructures. ► Optimisation of the fuel plate manufacturing process.