Fundamental Studies of Irradiation-Induced Defect Formation and Fission Product Dynamics in Oxide Fuels
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.
- Research Organization:
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FC07-07ID14838
- OSTI ID:
- 1058923
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/ID-14838; TRN: US1300112
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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