Partition of soluble fission products between the grey phase, ZrO2 and uranium dioxide
Partition of soluble fission products between the grey phase, ZrO2 and uranium dioxide
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可溶性裂变产物在灰相、ZrO2 和二氧化铀之间的分配
DOI:
10.1016/j.jnucmat.2013.02.082
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发表时间:
2013
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
R. Grimes
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作者:
M. Cooper;S. Middleburgh;R. Grimes
The energies to remove fission products from UO2or UO2+xand incorporate them into BaZrO3, SrZrO3(grey phase constituent phases) and ZrO2have been calculated using atomistic scale simulation. These energies provide the thermodynamic drive for partition of soluble fission products between UO2or UO2+xand these secondary oxide constituents of the fuel system. Tetravalent cation partition into BaZrO3, SrZrO3and ZrO2was only preferable for species with smaller radii than Zr4+, regardless of uranium dioxide stoichiometry. Under stoichiometric conditions both the larger and the smaller trivalent cations were found to segregate to BaZrO3but only the smaller fuel additive elements Cr3+and Fe3+segregate to SrZrO3. Partition from UO2+xwas always unfavourable for trivalent cations. Additions of excess Cr3+(as a fuel additive) are predicted make the partition into BaZrO3and SrZrO3more favourable from UO2for the larger trivalent cations. Trivalent fission products with radii smaller than or equal to that of Sm3+were identified to segregate into ZrO2only from UO2. No segregation to SrO or BaO is predicted.