Due to the extreme environment in which it is operated, nuclear fuel shows changes of its microstructure and thermophysical properties . In particular it develops a rim structure also named high burnup structure characterized by the subdivision of the original micrometer sized grains into 100 nm grains. In this work, the synthesis of dense UO2 and ThO2 with grains size down to 100 nm was designed. Such material would allow studying through single effect studies the impact of the high burnup structure on the fuel behavior in and out of normal operation. UO2 doped with 238Pu was also synthesised to study the accelerated effect of alpha-decays on fuel microstructure and thermophysical properties since alpha activity will be dominating in spent...
Thermal recovery of radiation defects and microstructural change in UOfuels irradiated under LWR con...
The safety of nuclear fuel after discharge from the reactor depends to a large extent on the integri...
The uranium-plutonium mixed dioxides (U,Pu)O₂₋ₓ are currently the best candidate for fuel of sodium ...
Due to the extreme environment in which it is operated, nuclear fuel shows changes of its microstruc...
International audienceIn order to tackle the issue of long term sustainability and safety of nuclear...
International audienceSpent nuclear fuel (SNF) of light water reactors (LWR) is constituted of a mat...
Best poster presentation award of symposium EN17 at MRS Spring Meeting in PhoenixInternational audie...
The effect of a-damage on the thermophysical properties of UO2 was investigated using samples doped ...
During in-reactor irradiation, several phenomena take place in the uranium dioxide fuel: fission gas...
Cumulative effects associated with the alpha-decay and radiogenic helium may affect the mechanical i...
International audience238Pu-doped UO2 was characterised periodically to investigate the long-term ef...
Thermal recovery of radiation defects and microstructural change in UOfuels irradiated under LWR con...
The safety of nuclear fuel after discharge from the reactor depends to a large extent on the integri...
The uranium-plutonium mixed dioxides (U,Pu)O₂₋ₓ are currently the best candidate for fuel of sodium ...
Due to the extreme environment in which it is operated, nuclear fuel shows changes of its microstruc...
International audienceIn order to tackle the issue of long term sustainability and safety of nuclear...
International audienceSpent nuclear fuel (SNF) of light water reactors (LWR) is constituted of a mat...
Best poster presentation award of symposium EN17 at MRS Spring Meeting in PhoenixInternational audie...
The effect of a-damage on the thermophysical properties of UO2 was investigated using samples doped ...
During in-reactor irradiation, several phenomena take place in the uranium dioxide fuel: fission gas...
Cumulative effects associated with the alpha-decay and radiogenic helium may affect the mechanical i...
International audience238Pu-doped UO2 was characterised periodically to investigate the long-term ef...
Thermal recovery of radiation defects and microstructural change in UOfuels irradiated under LWR con...
The safety of nuclear fuel after discharge from the reactor depends to a large extent on the integri...
The uranium-plutonium mixed dioxides (U,Pu)O₂₋ₓ are currently the best candidate for fuel of sodium ...