The actinide oxides play a vital role in the nuclear fuel cycle. For systems where current
experimental measurements are difficult, computational techniques provide a means of …

A thorough understanding of the chemistry of PuO2 is critical to the design of next-
generation nuclear fuels and the long-term storage of nuclear materials. Despite over 75 …

The magnetic structure of the actinide dioxides (AnO2) remains a field of intense research. A
low-temperature experimental investigation of the magnetic ground-state is complicated by …

Selenium is an important earth-abundant and nontoxic semiconductor with numerous
applications across semiconductor industries. Selenium has drawn attention from scientific …

A noncollinear relativistic PBEsol+ U study of low-index actinide dioxides (AnO2, An= U, Np,
or Pu) surfaces has been conducted. The importance of magnetic vector reorientation …

Studying the effect of coexistence of CO2 and H2 on plutonium hydriding is of great
significance for nuclear safety storage and disposal. In this work, we studied the microscopic …

Metal oxides are well-known materials. Their application for energy technologies has also
been well used. However, their wide applications are expected recently due to the energy …

Epitaxial thin films of ThO 2 and (U x Th 1− x) O 2 mixed oxides (MOX) have been
synthesised by DC magnetron sputtering. The samples were characterised using x-ray …

The interaction of atomic and molecular hydrogen with actinide dioxide (AnO 2, An= U, Np,
Pu)(111) surfaces has been investigated by DFT+ U, where noncollinear 3k …

Reprocessing spent nuclear fuel creates the conditions for converting nuclear energy to a
clean and sustainable energy. Thermal conductors in reactors are molten salts, the safe use …