Onset conditions for flash sintering of UO2
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Technical Univ. of Hamburg (Germany)
In this paper, flash sintering was demonstrated on stoichiometric and non-stoichiometric uranium dioxide pellets at temperatures ranging from room temperature (26°C) up to 600°C. The onset conditions for flash sintering were determined for three stoichiometries (UO2.00, UO2.08, and UO2.16) and analyzed against an established thermal runaway model. The presence of excess oxygen was found to enhance the flash sintering onset behavior of uranium dioxide, lowering the field required to flash and shortening the time required for a flash to occur. Finally, the results from this study highlight the effect of stoichiometry on the flash sintering behavior of uranium dioxide and will serve as the foundation for future studies on this material.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE), Fuel Cycle Technologies (NE-5); USDOE
- Contributing Organization:
- Technical Univ. of Hamburg (Germany)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC52-06NA25396
- OSTI ID:
- 1369204
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 1576632
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-17-22163
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Nuclear Materials, Vol. 493; ISSN 0022-3115
- Publisher:
- ElsevierCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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