Characterization of fission gas bubbles in irradiated U-10Mo fuel

Casella, Andrew M.; Burkes, Douglas E.; MacFarlan, Paul J.; Buck, Edgar C.

doi:10.1016/J.MATCHAR.2017.06.007

Title: Characterization of fission gas bubbles in irradiated U-10Mo fuel

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A simple, repeatable method for characterization of fission gas bubbles in irradiated U-Mo fuels has been developed. This method involves mechanical potting and polishing of samples along with examination with a scanning electron microscope located outside of a hot cell. The commercially available software packages CellProfiler, MATLAB, and Mathematica are used to segment and analyze the captured images. The results are compared and contrasted. Finally, baseline methods for fission gas bubble characterization are suggested for consideration and further development.

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Casella, Andrew M. ^[1]; Burkes, Douglas E. ^[1]; MacFarlan, Paul J. ^[1]; Buck, Edgar C. ^[1]

Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Publication Date:: Tue Jun 06 00:00:00 EDT 2017

Research Org.:: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

OSTI Identifier:: 1364390

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1550139

Report Number(s):: PNNL-SA-124921
Journal ID: ISSN 1044-5803; PII: S1044580317309555

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Materials Characterization

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 131; Journal ID: ISSN 1044-5803

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS

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                    Casella, Andrew M., Burkes, Douglas E., MacFarlan, Paul J., and Buck, Edgar C. Characterization of fission gas bubbles in irradiated U-10Mo fuel.  United States: N. p., 2017. 
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                    Casella, Andrew M., Burkes, Douglas E., MacFarlan, Paul J., & Buck, Edgar C. Characterization of fission gas bubbles in irradiated U-10Mo fuel.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/J.MATCHAR.2017.06.007

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  title        = {Characterization of fission gas bubbles in irradiated U-10Mo fuel},

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  abstractNote = {A simple, repeatable method for characterization of fission gas bubbles in irradiated U-Mo fuels has been developed. This method involves mechanical potting and polishing of samples along with examination with a scanning electron microscope located outside of a hot cell. The commercially available software packages CellProfiler, MATLAB, and Mathematica are used to segment and analyze the captured images. The results are compared and contrasted. Finally, baseline methods for fission gas bubble characterization are suggested for consideration and further development.},

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