The effect of fission-energy Xe ion irradiation on dissolution of UO2 thin films

被引:10
作者
Popel, Aleksej J. [1 ]
Petrov, Vladimir G. [2 ]
Lebedev, Vasily A. [2 ,3 ]
Day, Jason [1 ]
Kalmykov, Stepan N. [2 ,4 ]
Springell, Ross [5 ]
Scott, Thomas B. [5 ]
Farnan, Ian [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Cambridge, Dept Earth Sci, Downing St, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, England
[2] Lomonosov Moscow State Univ, Dept Chem, Moscow 119991, Russia
[3] Lomonosov Moscow State Univ, Dept Mat Sci, Moscow 119991, Russia
[4] Natl Res Ctr Kurchatov Inst, Moscow 123098, Russia
[5] Univ Bristol, Sch Phys, Interface Anal Ctr, Bristol BS8 1TL, Avon, England
基金
英国工程与自然科学研究理事会; 俄罗斯基础研究基金会;
关键词
UO2; Ion irradiation; Radiation damage; Ion-beam-induced mixing; Dissolution; Secondary phases; HIGH BURN-UP; LOCAL CORROSION KINETICS; NUCLEAR-FUEL UO2; URANIUM-DIOXIDE; MICROSTRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; THERMAL-CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON-MICROSCOPY; RADIATION-DAMAGE; INSTANT RELEASE; RIM STRUCTURE;
D O I
10.1016/j.jallcom.2017.05.084
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The aim of this work was to study the effect of fission fragment damage on the dissolution of UO2 thin films in water. For this purpose, thin films of UO2 on LSAT (Al10La3O51Sr14Ta7) substrates were produced and irradiated by 92 MeV (129)xe(23+)ions to a fluence of 4.8 x 10(15) ions/cm(2) to simulate the fission damage and induce chemical mixing that occur within nuclear fuels. The dissolution experiment was conducted under a nitrogen atmosphere (200-900 O-2 ppm in N-2) to study the effect of the induced irradiation damage and mixing on the dissolution of the UO2 matrix. The irradiated samples showed a decrease in the amount of dissolved uranium, as compared to the corresponding unirradiated samples. This was ascribed to the irradiation-induced chemical mixing of the UO2 films with the substrate elements, which resulted in stabilisation of the UO2 matrix and increased its aqueous durability. Secondary phases were also observed on the surface of the UO2 films after the dissolution experiment. (C) 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.
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页码:586 / 592
页数:7
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