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Identification of phases in corium held at high temperature in a tungsten crucible by SEM, EPMA, and EBSD

Conference ·
OSTI ID:468851
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  1. DCC/DTE/SIM, Pierrelatte (France); and others
Heat treatments of U - Zr - O mixtures of different oxygen contents (ranging from 1 to 35 at. %) and of a constant U/Zr ratio (U/Zr = 1.35 which is characteristic of the inner part of a pressurized-water reactor) were performed in order to study the high temperature behavior of corium. The selected U-Zr-O mixtures were put in a tungsten crucible and heated to 2050{degrees}C. The specimens were thereafter analyzed by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Electron Probe MicroAnalysis (EPMA) and Electron BackScattering Diffraction (EBSD).
OSTI ID:
468851
Report Number(s):
CONF-960877--
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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