Published 2002 | Version v1
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On the diffusion coefficient of caesium in UO2 fuel

  • 1. European Commission, Dir. General JRC, Institute for Transuranium Elements, Karlsruhe (Germany)

Description

Caesium is one of the most important fission products and must be considered in all aspects of the fuel cycle. Numerous radial profiles of caesium and xenon have been measured by electron probe microanalysis (EPMA). These profiles are very similar and it has been concluded that the effective diffusion coefficient of caesium is very close to that of xenon. In this paper the effective diffusion coefficient of caesium is quantified. This information is used for the interpretation of radial xenon distributions at ultra-high burn-up measured by EPMA. (authors)

Part of:
Fission gas behaviour in water reactor fuels

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Publishing Information

Publisher
Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development - Nuclear Energy Agency
Imprint Place
Paris (France)
ISBN
92-64-19715-X
Imprint Title
Fission gas behaviour in water reactor fuels
Imprint Pagination
559 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 321-334

Conference

Title
Seminar on fission gas behaviour in water reactor fuels
Dates
26-29 Sep 2000
Place
Cadarache (France)

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