To efficiently capture the energy of the nuclear bond, advanced nuclear reactor concepts
seek solid fuels that must withstand unprecedented temperature and radiation extremes. In …

Gaseous fission product generation, transport, and release can have a large impact on
nuclear fuel performance, degrading fuel and fuel–cladding gap properties. Over the past …

Both the mechanical properties of oxide nuclear fuel and the high burn-up grain
restructuring are known to be related to dislocation motion. Previous studies show that at …

The aim of this work was to study the separate effect of fission fragment damage on the
dissolution of simulant UK advanced gas-cooled reactor nuclear fuel in water. Plain UO 2 …

When studying hazardous materials such as spent nuclear fuel (SNF), the minimisation of
sample volumes is essential, together with the use of chemically-similar surrogates where …

This work presents the results of a detailed structural characterisation of irradiated and
unirradiated single crystal thin films of UO 2. Thin films of UO 2 were produced by reactive …

The formation process of high burnup structure (HBS) in UO 2 fuel is accompanied by the
subdivision of original grains and the formation of fission gas bubbles, which can accelerate …

The restructuring process of the high burnup structure (HBS) formation in UO 2 fuel results in
sub-micron size grains that accelerate the fission gas swelling, which will raise some …

To understand the fission products behaviour during a Nuclear Severe Accident (NSA),
simulated high burnup UO 2 fuels produced by sintering at high temperature (SIMFUEL) …

The aim of this work was to study the effect of fission fragment damage on the dissolution of
UO 2 thin films in water. For this purpose, thin films of UO 2 on LSAT (Al 10 La 3 O 51 Sr 14 …