A Critical Review of the Experimentally Known Properties of U-Pu-Zr Alloys. Part 2: Thermal and Mechanical Properties

doi:10.1080/00295450.2019.1623617

Title: A Critical Review of the Experimentally Known Properties of U-Pu-Zr Alloys. Part 2: Thermal and Mechanical Properties

Abstract

Although U-Pu-Zr alloys have been investigated for more than 60 years, relatively little experimental information is available, and many of the original values are in government reports that appeared more than 40 years ago. Information about the technologically important alloy U-20Pu-10Zr (wt%) is even more limited. U-Pu-Zr alloys are difficult materials to study experimentally, and it is therefore important to understand what results have already been obtained, how reliable they are, and where they were reported. This paper provides a summary and critical assessment of the available experimental measurements of thermal and mechanical properties of U-Pu-Zr alloys. Knowledge of these properties is crucial for understanding and modeling fuel constituent redistribution, fuel swelling and creep, fission gas release under normal reactor operations, and melting or formation of liquid phases under reactor transient scenarios. This paper builds on a previous paper that assessed experimental data about phases and phase diagrams in U-Pu-Zr alloys. Both papers are intended as resources for fuel designers and modelers and as guides for prioritizing future experimental work.

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Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

Publication Date:: 2019-07-02

Research Org.:: Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)

OSTI Identifier:: 1578274

Report Number(s):: INL/JOU-18-52146-Rev002
Journal ID: ISSN 0029-5450

Grant/Contract Number:: AC07-05ID14517

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Nuclear Technology

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 206; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 0029-5450

Publisher:: Taylor & Francis - formerly American Nuclear Society (ANS)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; metallic fuels; uranium-plutonium-zirconium alloys; thermal properties; mechanical properties

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                    Janney, Dawn E., Hayes, Steven L., and Adkins, Cynthia A. A Critical Review of the Experimentally Known Properties of U-Pu-Zr Alloys. Part 2: Thermal and Mechanical Properties.  United States: N. p., 2019. 
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                    Janney, Dawn E., Hayes, Steven L., & Adkins, Cynthia A. A Critical Review of the Experimentally Known Properties of U-Pu-Zr Alloys. Part 2: Thermal and Mechanical Properties.  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2019.1623617

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                    Janney, Dawn E., Hayes, Steven L., and Adkins, Cynthia A. Tue .  
        "A Critical Review of the Experimentally Known Properties of U-Pu-Zr Alloys. Part 2: Thermal and Mechanical Properties".  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2019.1623617.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1578274.

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  title        = {A Critical Review of the Experimentally Known Properties of U-Pu-Zr Alloys. Part 2: Thermal and Mechanical Properties},

  author       = {Janney, Dawn E. and Hayes, Steven L. and Adkins, Cynthia A.},

  abstractNote = {Although U-Pu-Zr alloys have been investigated for more than 60 years, relatively little experimental information is available, and many of the original values are in government reports that appeared more than 40 years ago. Information about the technologically important alloy U-20Pu-10Zr (wt%) is even more limited. U-Pu-Zr alloys are difficult materials to study experimentally, and it is therefore important to understand what results have already been obtained, how reliable they are, and where they were reported. This paper provides a summary and critical assessment of the available experimental measurements of thermal and mechanical properties of U-Pu-Zr alloys. Knowledge of these properties is crucial for understanding and modeling fuel constituent redistribution, fuel swelling and creep, fission gas release under normal reactor operations, and melting or formation of liquid phases under reactor transient scenarios. This paper builds on a previous paper that assessed experimental data about phases and phase diagrams in U-Pu-Zr alloys. Both papers are intended as resources for fuel designers and modelers and as guides for prioritizing future experimental work.},

  doi          = {10.1080/00295450.2019.1623617},

  journal      = {Nuclear Technology},

  number       = 1,

  volume       = 206,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2019},

  month        = {7}

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