Microstructural Changes and Chemical Analysis of Fission Products in Irradiated Uranium-7 wt.% Molybdenum Metallic Fuel Using Atom Probe Tomography

Autor: Mukesh Bachhav, Brandon Miller, Jian Gan, Dennis Keiser, Ann Leenaers, S. Van den Berghe, Mitchell K. Meyer

Publikováno v: Applied Sciences, Vol 11, Iss 15, p 6905 (2021)

Understanding the microstructural and phase changes occurring during irradiation and their impact on metallic fuel behavior is integral to research and development of nuclear fuel programs. This paper reports systematic analysis of as-fabricated and

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STEM-EDS/EELS and APT characterization of ZrN coatings on UMo fuel kernels

Autor: Jian Gan, S. Van den Berghe, Mukesh Bachhav, E. Perez, W. Van Renterghem, Dennis D. Keiser, James W. Madden, Ann Leenaers, Lingfeng He, Brandon D. Miller

Publikováno v: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 511:174-182

In the framework of the SELENIUM project, ZrN coated U-Mo fuel kernels were irradiated in the Belgium Reactor 2 of SCK•CEN to a plate average burnup of 48% 235U and a local maximum burnup just below 70% 235U. The microstructure and chemical composi

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2018.09.004

Morphological characterization of the fresh ZrN coated UMo powders used in EMPIrE irradiation experiment: A practical approach

Autor: François Housaer, Jérôme Allenou, Matthieu Touzin, Abdellatif M. Yacout, Olivier Tougait, Hervé Palancher, F Vanni, Bertrand Stepnik, franck béclin, Ann Leenaers

Publikováno v: Journal of Nuclear Materials
Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2020, Journal of Nuclear Materials, pp.152087. ⟨10.1016/j.jnucmat.2020.152087⟩
Journal of Nuclear Materials, Elsevier, 2020, Journal of Nuclear Materials, pp.152087. ⟨10.1016/j.jnucmat.2020.152087⟩

The European Mini-Plate Irradiation Experiment (EMPIrE) aims to test the in-pile behavior of various ZrN coated UMo powder batches, produced using different technological processes. UMo(ZrN) particles are typical core-shell systems taking advantages

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https://hal.univ-lille.fr/hal-02524036

U-Si Based Fuel System

Autor: Ann Leenaers, Jared Wight, Sven Van den Berghe, Ho Jin Ryu, Jean-François Valery

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https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-803581-8.11607-8

Pore pressure estimation in irradiated UMo

Autor: D. Salvato, Christophe Detavernier, Ann Leenaers, S. Van den Berghe

Publikováno v: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 510:472-483

Image analysis was performed on SEM micrographs of recently irradiated UMo dispersion fuel plates. Detailed information on the fission gas inter-granular bubbles accompanying recrystallization, including average diameter, density and size distributio

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2018.08.039