Bubble formation and Kr distribution in Kr-irradiated UO2

He, L. F.; Valderrama, B.; Hassan, A. -R.; Yu, J.; Gupta, M.; Pakarinen, J.; Henderson, H. B.; Gan, J.; Kirk, M. A.; Nelson, A. T.; Manuel, M. V.; El-Azab, A.; Allen, T. R.

doi:10.1016/j.jnucmat.2014.09.026

Title: Bubble formation and Kr distribution in Kr-irradiated UO₂

Journal Article · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2015 · Journal of Nuclear Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2014.09.026· OSTI ID:1162206

He, L. F. ^[1]; Valderrama, B. ^[2]; Hassan, A. -R. ^[3]; Yu, J. ^[4]; Gupta, M. ^[1]; Pakarinen, J. ^[1]; Henderson, H. B. ^[2]; Gan, J. ^[4]; Kirk, M. A. ^[5]; Nelson, A. T. ^[6]; Manuel, M. V. ^[2]; El-Azab, A. ^[3]; Allen, T. R. ^[7]

Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States) Dept. of Engineering Physics
Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL (United States) Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States) School of Nuclear Engineering
Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States) Dept. of Engineering Physics; Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

In situ and ex situ transmission electron microscopy observation of small Kr bubbles in both single-crystal and polycrystalline UO₂ were conducted to understand the inert gas bubble behavior in oxide nuclear fuel. The bubble size and volume swelling are shown as a weak function of ion dose but strongly depend on the temperature. The Kr bubble formation at room temperature was observed for the first time. The depth profiles of implanted Kr determined by atom probe tomography are in good agreement with the calculated profiles by SRIM, but the measured concentration of Kr is about 1/3 of calculated one. This difference is mainly due to low solubility of Kr in UO₂ matrix, which has been confirmed by both density-functional theory calculations and chemical equilibrium analysis.

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Research Organization:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Materials Science of Nuclear Fuel (CMSNF); Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

DOE Contract Number:: AC07-05ID14517

OSTI ID:: 1162206

Report Number(s):: INL/JOU-14-31268; TRN: US1500178

Journal Information:: Journal of Nuclear Materials, Vol. 456, Issue C; ISSN 0022-3115

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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