Relationships between experimental signatures and processing history for a variety of PuO2 materials

Scott, Brian Lindley; Pugmire, Alison Leslie; Stritzinger, Jared Tyler; Veirs, Douglas Kirk; Wolfsberg, Laura Evon; Wilkerson, Marianne Perry

doi:10.1016/j.jnucmat.2019.04.036

Title: Relationships between experimental signatures and processing history for a variety of PuO₂ materials

Journal Article · Fri Apr 26 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Journal of Nuclear Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2019.04.036· OSTI ID:1512748

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Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

The primary oxide of plutonium, PuO₂, is a complex material due to ongoing change in lattice structure resulting from radioactive alpha decay. In addition, the element plutonium is complex, existing in various allotropes, which can influence formation of oxides due to different nucleation and growth mechanisms. The juxtaposition of these unique properties, along with formation conditions of the initial oxide, makes for PuO₂ materials with a wide variety of local and bulk experimental signatures. This work measures these signatures with X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy from five different oxide materials, and relates these signatures to specific PuO₂ production and aging routes. Furthermore this information is of potential use in nuclear fuels processing and production, nuclear non-proliferation, forensics analyses, and interplanetary power sources.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: U.S. Department of Homeland Security; USDOE

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OSTI ID:: 1512748

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-19-20887

Journal Information:: Journal of Nuclear Materials, Vol. 521, Issue C; ISSN 0022-3115

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