Enhanced radiation damage tolerance in Zr-doped UO2
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Yn: Materialia, Cyfrol 38, 102226, 01.12.2024.
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T1 - Enhanced radiation damage tolerance in Zr-doped UO2
AU - Mohun, Ritesh
AU - Middleburgh, Simon
AU - Thomas, P. John
AU - Corkhill, Claire
PY - 2024/12/1
Y1 - 2024/12/1
N2 - This study explores the effect of tetravalent Zr doping on the radiation behaviour of UO2 through a combination of experimental and theoretical approaches. The intrinsic changes that Zr introduces in UO2 were quantified using X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy, which reveal a shrinkage of the lattice volume and the formation of ZrO8-type clusters. Heavy-ion irradiation was carried out on both undoped and doped UO2 under conditions similar to the ballistic regime of fission products in nuclear fuels. Empirical data, together with DTF+U simulations, found that Zr doping modifies the irradiation-induced defect mechanisms by enabling recombination pathways, allowing a rapid recovery of the UO2 lattice. The fundamental mechanisms involving the role of dopant in modifying the radiation damage kinetics are discussed in this paper, as well as the subsequent evolution in fluorite-structured materials relevant to nuclear fuels.
AB - This study explores the effect of tetravalent Zr doping on the radiation behaviour of UO2 through a combination of experimental and theoretical approaches. The intrinsic changes that Zr introduces in UO2 were quantified using X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy, which reveal a shrinkage of the lattice volume and the formation of ZrO8-type clusters. Heavy-ion irradiation was carried out on both undoped and doped UO2 under conditions similar to the ballistic regime of fission products in nuclear fuels. Empirical data, together with DTF+U simulations, found that Zr doping modifies the irradiation-induced defect mechanisms by enabling recombination pathways, allowing a rapid recovery of the UO2 lattice. The fundamental mechanisms involving the role of dopant in modifying the radiation damage kinetics are discussed in this paper, as well as the subsequent evolution in fluorite-structured materials relevant to nuclear fuels.
U2 - 10.1016/j.mtla.2024.102226
DO - 10.1016/j.mtla.2024.102226
M3 - Article
VL - 38
JO - Materialia
JF - Materialia
SN - 2589-1529
M1 - 102226
ER -