Effectiveness of the metal coating on U–7Mo dispersion fuel in Al during irradiation

Kim, Sunghwan; Kim, Yeon Soo; Jeong, Y. J.; Mo, K.; Miao, Y.; Ye, B.; Oaks, A.; Bhattacharya, S.; Lee, K. H.; Kim, K. N.; Park, J. M.; Yacout, A. M.

doi:10.1016/j.jnucmat.2019.151945

Title: Effectiveness of the metal coating on U–7Mo dispersion fuel in Al during irradiation

Journal Article · 05 December 2019 · Journal of Nuclear Materials

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2019.151945 · OSTI ID:1606404

Kim, Sunghwan ^[1]; Kim, Yeon Soo ^[2]; Jeong, Y. J. ^[1]; Mo, K. ^[2]; Miao, Y. ^[2]; Ye, B. ^[2]; Oaks, A. ^[2]; Bhattacharya, S. ^[2]; Lee, K. H. ^[1]; Kim, K. N. ^[1]; Park, J. M. ^[1]; Yacout, A. M. ^[2]

Korea Atomic Energy Research Inst., Daejeon (South Korea)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States)

The effectiveness of a transition metal coating layer as a diffusion barrier between the UMo and matrix Al was examined. The samples were cut from KAERI-made U-Mo/Al dispersion miniplates containing 8 gU/cm³ fuel meat. Mo, W and Zr were included as coating candidates. A physical vapor deposition (PVD) method was used to produce about a 0.2-mu m thick coating layer on the UMo. An Al protection coating layer was subsequently applied to protect the main coating layer. The samples were irradiated at the ATLAS facility in Argonne National laboratory with 84-MeV Xe²⁶⁺ ions, with the beam current of 200 particles nano ampere (pnA), to achieve a final dose of 2.7x10¹⁷ ions/cm². Post-irradiation examinations included focused ion beam (FIB), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS). Furthermore, among the coating metals, Mo showed the highest survival during the fuel plate fabrication and endurance during irradiation, which was consistent with the pre-irradiation thermodynamics evaluation. This result also emphasized the importance of the Al protection layer.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: Ministry of Science, Information, and Future Planning (MSIP) of Korea; USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1606404

Journal Information:: Journal of Nuclear Materials, Journal Name: Journal of Nuclear Materials Vol. 529; ISSN 0022-3115

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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