High burnup structure formation in U-Mo fuels

CA Smith, S Biswas, BD Miller, B Kombaiah… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study used electron microscopy techniques and phase field modeling to investigate the
mechanisms responsible for developing the high burnup structure in U-Mo fuels. The results …

Impact of SEM acquisition parameters on the porosity analysis of irradiated U-Mo fuel

D Salvato, CA Smith, B Ye, ZG Mei, AM Yacout… - Nuclear Materials and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, the effect of various scanning electron microscope (SEM) imaging parameters,
including voltage, beam current, and magnification, on the porosity analysis of U-Mo fuel …

An investigation of the failure modes in U-10Mo monolithic fuel irradiated to high burnup

C Smith, JF Jue, D Keiser, T Trowbridge, B Miller… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study investigated possible failure mode sequences in U-10Mo monolithic fuel
irradiated to very-high-burnup. The U-Mo fuel plate used in this study was characterized …

Microstructural dependence on fuel matrix composition in irradiated U-Mo dispersion fuels

CA Smith, DD Keiser, BD Miller, A Aitkaliyeva - Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Microstructural characterization of U-Mo dispersion fuel plates irradiated in the RERTR-7
experiment in the Advanced Test Reactor was performed to study the dependence of fuel …

A practical guide to characterizing irradiated nuclear fuels using FIB tomography

C McKinney, C Smith, G Helmreich, T Gerczak… - Micron, 2022 - Elsevier
Focused ion beam (FIB) tomography with combined electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD)
and energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (EDS) is a technique capable of statistically …

Microstructural Characterization of Irradiated U-Mo Fuels

CAM Smith - 2021 - search.proquest.com
Low enriched uranium-molybdenum (U-Mo) fuel is being investigated to replace highly
enriched uranium fuels in high-performance research and test reactors. The fuel's …