UN-UB₂ composites
Joel Turner J. Buckley, R.N. Worth, M. Barnett, T.J. Abram University of Manchester Abstract The hydrolysis of uranium mononitride remains a significant challenge to the deployment of UN within light…
Influence of oxygen content on thermally activated Kr diffusion in UO₂₊ₓ
Eric Gilabert1 Denis Horlait1, Marie-Lyne Amany2, Marie France Barthe2, Gaëlle Carlot3, Philippe Garcia3 1CNRS/IN2P3 and University of Bordeaux, CENBG UMR 5797, Chemin du Solarium, 33175 Gradignan, France;2CEMHTI, CNRS UPR3079, Université…
The corrosion of single phase uranium silicide thin films
Lottie Harding1 Gary Wan1, Jude Laverock1, David T Goddard2, Ross Springell1 1University of Bristol; 2National Nuclear Lab. Abstract Advanced Technology Fuels (ATFs) are a key concept in the drive to…
Defect chemistry and radiation behaviour of Gd-doped UO₂
Ritesh Mohun D. J. Bailey, S. Sun, C. Gausse, M. Cole, H. Smith, J. McCloy, M.H. Weber, M.C. Stennett, N.C. Hyatt & C.L. Corkhill University of Sheffield & Washington State…
Modelling Weibull Distributions in Peridynamics for Nuclear Fuel
Lloyd Jones1 Thomas Haynes2, Mark Wenman2 1National Nuclear Laboratory; 2Imperial College London. Abstract Peridynamics is a non-local continuum mechanics modelling method, often utilised in modelling brittle fracture. The integral form…
A Linear-Elastic Peridynamic Model for the Fracture of Coated Particle Fuel under Thermal Loads during Idealised Early Life Operation
Thomas Haynes A. Battistin, Mark R. Wenman Imperial College London Abstract Coated particle fuels (CPF) such as tristructural-isotropic (TRISO) are targeted for use in high temperature gas-cooled reactors (HTR) which…
Modelling of solute cluster and H-dislocation interactions in zirconium
Daniel J M King1 Jana Smutna1, P. A. Burr2, M.R. Wenman1 1Imperial College London and 2University of New South Wales Abstract The work under this title is two-fold: (1) Quantum…
Yellowjacket: Coupling Gibbs Energy Minimisation with Phase Field Method for Corrosion Modelling in Molten Salt Reactors
Parikshit Bajpai Chaitanya Bhave, Max Poschmann, Daniel Schwen, Michael Tonks, Markus Piro Ontario Tech University; University of Florida; Idaho National Laboratory. Abstract Predicting the complex multiscale, multiphysics behaviour of nuclear…
Fission Products chemistry in simulated PWR fuel up to 2100°C: Experimental characterization and Thermodynamic modeling with the TAF-ID
Ernesto Geiger1 C. Guéneau2, M.H.A. Piro1, E.C Corcoran3 1Faculty of Energy Systems and Nuclear Science, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, ON, L1G 0C5, Canada; 2C. Guéneau: Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, Service de…
Investigation of Thorium Tetrafluoride Purification Using the Ammonium Bifluoride method
Bernard Fitzpatrick1 K. Foster2, T.M. Besmann2, M.H.A. Piro1 1Ontario Tech University; 2University of South Carolina Abstract Actinoid fluorides such as thorium tetrafluoride (ThF4), are quite hygroscopic and require purification of…