Assessment of effective elastic constants of U-10Mo fuel: a multiscale modeling and homogenization study

SB Kadambi, LK Aagesen, Y Zhang, B Beeler - Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
The significant microstructural changes that U-Mo fuel undergoes during operation
degrades its mechanical properties and structural integrity. Microstructural evolution entails …

Influence of processing on secondary phase formation and microstructural evolution at U-10Mo alloy and Zr interlayer interfaces

EJ Kautz, M Song, S Riechers, A Koziol… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Thermo-mechanical processing of uranium-10 wt% molybdenum (U-10Mo) alloy fuel plates
with a zirconium (Zr) interlayer leads to microstructure changes at fuel/interlayer interfaces …

Effect of heat treatment on the microstructure of medium burn-up U-Mo monolithic fuel foils

FG Di Lemma, TL Trowbridge, JF Jue, D Salvato… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2024 - Elsevier
Using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), this study evaluates the microstructure evolution
of uranium-molybdenum (U-Mo) fuel foils made with and without heat treatment at medium …

Prediction and Deformation Mechanism Analysis of High Porosity in U–10Mo Monolithic Fuels at High Burnup

X Jian, Y Zhao, S Ding - Metals, 2023 - mdpi.com
High porosity phenomena of U-10Mo fuel foil appear in the U–Mo/Al monolithic fuel plate
under deep burnup. In this study, the fuel skeleton creep-based bubble growth model is …