The invention discloses a UO2-
metal fuel pellet and a production method thereof. The production method comprises the following steps: S1, weighing the following raw materials in
mass percent: 0-2% ofCr2O3, 0-2% of MoO2, 0-2% of ZrO2 and the balance of UO2; S2, ball-milling and uniformly mixing the raw materials to form mixed
powder; S3, pressing the mixed
powder to form a billet, and performing high-temperature pre-
sintering to obtain a
solid solution; S4, crushing the
solid solution, and performing sieving and ball milling to form granular mixture; S5,
doping metal powder into the granular mixture, and performing mixing to ensure that the surface of each granule in the granular mixture is coated with the
metal powder; and S6, performing
compression molding on the granular mixture doped with the
metal powder, and performing densification
sintering to obtain the UO2-metal fuel pellet. The UO2-metal fuel pellet disclosed by the invention has the advantages that the thermal conductivityof the pellet is increased by 50% or above due to addition of the metal, the grain size of the pellet is increased, the
core temperature of the
pellet fuel in service is obviously reduced, the
temperature gradient is reduced, the release of
fission products of the
pellet fuel is inhibited, and the performance of a fuel rod is enhanced.