Characterization of solid fission products in 13.7% FIMA MOX fuel using electron microscopy techniques
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2019.06.042
Abstract: Abstract This work utilizes electron microscopy-based techniques to examine the radial behavior of solid fission products in plutonium (Pu) bearing mixed oxide (MOX) fuel irradiated to a burnup of 13.7% fissions per initial metal atom… read more here.
Keywords: microscopy; fission products; fuel; solid fission ... See more keywords
Understanding of fission products transport in SiC layer of TRISO fuels by nanoscale characterization and modeling
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2019.151793
Abstract: Abstract This paper details recent advances in the understanding of both intergranular and intragranular fission product transport in the silicon carbide (SiC) layer of neutron-irradiated tristructural isotropic (TRISO) coated-fuel particles from Advanced Gas Reactor (AGR)-1… read more here.
Keywords: fission; fission products; fission product; triso ... See more keywords
Waste form evaluation for RECl 3 and REO x fission products separated from used electrochemical salt
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DOI: 10.1016/j.pnucene.2017.09.005
Abstract: Abstract The work presented here is based off the concept that the rare earth chloride (RECl 3 ) fission products within the used electrorefiner (ER) salt can be selectively removed as RECl 3 (not yet… read more here.
Keywords: reo; fission products; mixture; waste form ... See more keywords
Method to Reduce Long-lived Fission Products by Nuclear Transmutations with Fast Spectrum Reactors
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-14319-7
Abstract: Transmutation of long-lived fission products (LLFPs: 79Se, 93Zr, 99Tc, 107Pd, 129I, and 135Cs) into short-lived or non-radioactive nuclides by fast neutron spectrum reactors without isotope separation has been proposed as a solution to the problem… read more here.
Keywords: spectrum reactors; fast spectrum; long lived; fission products ... See more keywords
Revealing Fine Structure in the Antineutrino Spectra From a Nuclear Reactor
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DOI: 10.1103/physrevc.98.014323
Abstract: We calculate the inverse-$\ensuremath{\beta}$-decay (IBD) antineutrino spectrum generated by nuclear reactors using the summation method to understand deviations from the smooth Huber-Mueller model due to the decay of individual fission products, showing that plotting the… read more here.
Keywords: revealing fine; antineutrino; fission products; antineutrino spectra ... See more keywords
Effect of palladium on the microstructure and grain boundary complexions in SiC
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DOI: 10.1111/jace.16622
Abstract: One of the main challenges in the study of TRISO (Tristructural Isotropic) coated fuel particles is the understanding of the diffusion of fission products through SiC. Among the elements produced inside the uranium kernel, it… read more here.
Keywords: grain boundary; fission products; microstructure; palladium microstructure ... See more keywords
Reactions of fission products from a 252Cf source with NO and mixtures of NO and CO in an inert gas
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DOI: 10.1515/ract-2018-3076
Abstract: Abstract Fission products recoiling from a 252Cf spontaneous fission source were stopped in various mixtures of inert gases containing CO and NO. For the elements of the transisition metal series Mo, Tc, Ru, and Rh… read more here.
Keywords: products 252cf; source; fission; fission products ... See more keywords