Fundamental Studies of Irradiation-Induced Defect Formation and Fission Product Dynamics in Oxide Fuels

Stubbins, James

doi:10.2172/1058923

Title: Fundamental Studies of Irradiation-Induced Defect Formation and Fission Product Dynamics in Oxide Fuels

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The objective of this research program is to address major nuclear fuels performance issues for the design and use of oxide-type fuels in the current and advanced nuclear reactor applications. Fuel performance is a major issue for extending fuel burn-up which has the added advantage of reducing the used fuel waste stream. It will also be a significant issue with respect to developing advanced fuel cycle processes where it may be possible to incorporate minor actinides in various fuel forms so that they can be 'burned' rather than join the used fuel waste stream. The potential to fission or transmute minor actinides and certain long-lived fission product isotopes would transform the high level waste storage strategy by removing the need to consider fuel storage on the millennium time scale.

Authors:: Stubbins, James

Publication Date:: Wed Dec 19 00:00:00 EST 2012

Research Org.:: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE (United States)

OSTI Identifier:: 1058923

Report Number(s):: DOE/ID-14838
TRN: US1300112

DOE Contract Number:: FC07-07ID14838

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS

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                    Stubbins, James. Fundamental Studies of Irradiation-Induced Defect Formation and Fission Product Dynamics in Oxide Fuels.  United States: N. p., 2012. 
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        "Fundamental Studies of Irradiation-Induced Defect Formation and Fission Product Dynamics in Oxide Fuels".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.2172/1058923.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1058923.

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