Thermal recovery of defects in neutron irradiated UO2
1979; Elsevier BV; Volume: 80; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/0022-3115(79)90194-6
ISSN1873-4820
AutoresNobuo Nakae, Yutaka Iwata, Tomoo KIRIHARA,
Tópico(s)Nuclear reactor physics and engineering
ResumoThermal recovery of both lattice and volume expansions of UO2 irradiated to a dose of less than 9.97 × 1017fissions/cm3 was studied in a temperature range from 200 to 1000°C. Two or three steps were observed in the recovery of lattice expansion. Volume expansion was also recovered in two or three steps. Recovery behavior of volume expansion of the specimen irradiated to 9.97 × 1017fissions/cm3 was different from those irradiated to lower doses, and an abrupt volume increase was observed in the temperature range from 500 to 700 °C. This behavior might be related to the bubble swelling due to fission product gases. From the results on the recovery of lattice and volume expansions, the behavior of lattice point defects and defect clusters was discussed.
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