Published October 2003 | Version v1
Miscellaneous

The measurement of diffusion coefficient of fission gas in (Th,U)O2

  • 1. Kyunghee University, Yongin (Korea, Republic of)
  • 2. KAERI, Taejon (Korea, Republic of)
  • 3. Suwon University (Korea, Republic of)

Description

Post irradiation annealing tests were performed to obtain the Xe-133 diffusion coefficients in uranium dioxide (UO2) and mixed thorium-uranium dioxide [(Th,U)O2] fuels. Specimens were a single-grained UO2, a polycrystalline UO2, and a polycrystalline (Th,U)O2. The (Th,U)O2 specimen was a mixture of 35% ThO2 and 65% UO2. Each 300mg specimen was irradiated to a burnup of 0.1 MWd/t-U. Post irradiation annealing tests were performed at 1400 .deg. C, 1500 .deg. C and 1600 .deg. C, continuously. The xenon diffusion coefficients for the near stoichiometric single-grained UO2 agree well with the data of others. The xenon diffusion coefficients in the polycrystalline (Th,U)O2 are about one order lower than those in the polycrystalline UO2. The xenon diffusion coefficient in the (Th,U)O2 increases with the increasing oxygen potential of the ambient gas

Part of:
Proceedings of the KNS spring meeting

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Publishing Information

Publisher
KNS
Imprint Place
Taejon (Korea, Republic of)
Imprint Title
Proceedings of the KNS autumn meeting
Imprint Pagination
[CD-ROM]
Journal Page Range
[11 p.]

Conference

Title
2003 spring meeting of the KNS
Dates
29-30 May 2003
Place
Gyeongju (Korea, Republic of)

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Notes
24 refs, 6 figs, 2 tabs