Published July 1986
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Journal article
Diffusion processes in nuclear fuels
Creators
- 1. Commission of the European Communities, Karlsruhe (Germany, F.R.). European Inst. for Transuranium Elements
Description
A review is given of atomic diffusion processes in nuclear fuels. Emphasis is put on the oxides UO2 and (U, Pu)O2, the carbides UC and (U, Pu)C, and the nitrides UN and (U, Pu)N, but ThO2 and the metals uranium, plutonium and thorium are also treated to some extent. Self-diffusion, impurity diffusion, chemical diffusion and thermal diffusion are all discussed. For ceramic fuels, the effects of deviations from stoichiometry, of build-up of fission products during reactor irradiation and of enhancement of diffusion by radiation are dealt with. Finally, a short review on fission gas behaviour is given. (orig.)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- J. Less-Common Met.
- Journal Volume
- 121
- Journal Series
- J. Less-Common Met.
- Journal Page Range
- 537-564
- ISSN
- 0022-5088
- CODEN
- JCOMA
Conference
- Title
- International conference on actinides (Actinides '85).
- Dates
- 2-6 Sep 1985.
- Place
- Aix-en-Provence (France).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Switzerland
- Country of Input or Organization
- Switzerland
- INIS RN
- 18027149
- Subject category
- S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference, Numerical Data
- Quality check status
- Yes
- Descriptors DEI
- ACTIVATION ENERGY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIFFUSION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FISSION PRODUCTS; FORMATION FREE ENERGY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IMPURITIES; NUCLEAR FUELS; PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; PLUTONIUM; PLUTONIUM CARBIDES; PLUTONIUM NITRIDES; PLUTONIUM OXIDES; POINT DEFECTS; RADIATION EFFECTS; REVIEWS; SELF-DIFFUSION; STOICHIOMETRY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THORIUM; THORIUM OXIDES; URANIUM; URANIUM CARBIDES; URANIUM NITRIDES; URANIUM OXIDES; VERY HIGH TEMPERATURE;
- Descriptors DEC
- ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS; ACTINIDES; CARBIDES; CARBON COMPOUNDS; CHALCOGENIDES; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; DATA; DOCUMENT TYPES; ELEMENTS; ENERGY; ENERGY SOURCES; FREE ENERGY; FUELS; INFORMATION; ISOTOPES; MATERIALS; METALS; NITRIDES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; NUMERICAL DATA; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PLUTONIUM COMPOUNDS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; REACTOR MATERIALS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THORIUM COMPOUNDS; TRANSURANIUM COMPOUNDS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM COMPOUNDS;