Characterization of swift heavy ion irradiation damage in ceria

Yablinsky, Clarissa A.; Devanathan, Ram; Pakarinen, Janne; Gan, Jian; Severin, Daniel; Trautmann, Christina; Allen, Todd R.

doi:10.1557/jmr.2015.43

Title: Characterization of swift heavy ion irradiation damage in ceria

Journal Article · Wed Mar 04 00:00:00 EST 2015 · Journal of Materials Research

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2015.43· OSTI ID:1246913

Yablinsky, Clarissa A. ^[1]; Devanathan, Ram ^[2]; Pakarinen, Janne ^[3]; Gan, Jian ^[4]; Severin, Daniel ^[5]; Trautmann, Christina ^[6]; Allen, Todd R. ^[7]

Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Institute for Nuclear Research Center (SCK-CEN), Boeretang (Belgium)
Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
GSI Helmholtzzentrum, Darmstadt (Germany)
GSI Helmholtzzentrum, Darmstadt (Germany); Technische Univ. Darmstadt, Darmstadt (Germany)
Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI (United States)

Swift heavy ion induced radiation damage is investigated for ceria (CeO₂), which serves as a UO₂ fuel surrogate. Microstructural changes resulting from an irradiation with 940 MeV gold ions of 42 keV/nm electronic energy loss are investigated by means of electron microscopy accompanied by electron energy loss spectroscopy showing that there exists a small density reduction in the ion track core. While chemical changes in the ion track are not precluded, evidence of them was not observed. Classical molecular dynamics simulations of thermal spikes in CeO₂ with an energy deposition of 12 and 36 keV/nm show damage consisting of isolated point defects at 12 keV/nm, and defect clusters at 36 keV/nm, with no amorphization at either energy. Furthermore, inferences are drawn from modeling about density changes in the ion track and the formation of interstitial loops that shed light on features observed by electron microscopy of swift heavy ion irradiated ceria.

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Research Organization:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Materials Science of Nuclear Fuel (CMSNF); Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

OSTI ID:: 1246913

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-14-23061; applab; PII: S0884291415000436

Journal Information:: Journal of Materials Research, Vol. 30, Issue 09; ISSN 0884-2914

Publisher:: Materials Research SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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