Dr Michael Rushton

Senior Research Lecturer

  1. Published

    Influence of boron isotope ratio on the thermal conductivity of uranium diboride (UB2) and zirconium diboride (ZrB2)

    Evitts, L., Middleburgh, S., Kardoulaki, E., Ipatova, I., Rushton, M. & Lee, B., Jan 2020, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 528, 151892.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  2. Linking atomic and mesoscopic scales for the modelling of the transport properties of uranium dioxide under irradiation

    Bertolus, M., Freyss, M., Dorado, B., Martin, G., Hoang, K., Maillard, S., Skorek, R., Garcia, P., Valot, C., Chartier, A., Van Brutzel, L., Fossati, P., Grimes, R. W., Parfitt, D. C., Bishop, C. L., Murphy, S. T., Rushton, M. J. D., Staicu, D., Yakub, E., Nichenko, S., Krack, M., Devynck, F., Ngayam-Happy, R., Govers, K., Deo, C. S. & Behera, R. K., 1 Jul 2015, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 462, p. 475-495 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  3. E-pub ahead of print

    Lithium stabilization of amorphous ZrO2

    Stephens, G. F., Wilson, J., Curling, S., He, G., Thomas, P. J., Williams, D., Ortner, S., Grovenor, C., Rushton, M., Cole-Baker, A. & Middleburgh, S., 6 May 2024, In: Progress in Nuclear Energy. 171, 105165.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  4. Migration of fluorine in fluorapatite - a concerted mechanism

    Jay, E. E., Rushton, M. J. D. & Grimes, R. W., 2012, In: Journal of Materials Chemistry. 22, 13, p. 6097-6103 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  5. Milestone report: The simulation of radiation driven gas diffusion in UO<sub>2</sub> at low temperature

    Cooper, M. W., Kuganathan, N., Burr, P. A., Rushton, M. J., Grimes, R. W., Turbull, J. A., Stanek, C. R. & Andersson, A. D., 24 Oct 2016, Los Alamos, NM (United States).

    Research output: Book/ReportCommissioned reportpeer-review

  6. Published

    Modelling the impact of configurational entropy on the stability of amorphous SiO2

    Owen, M., Rushton, M., Cooper, M. W., Ghardi, M., Claisse, A., Lee, B. & Middleburgh, S., 1 Aug 2023, In: Scripta Materialia. 233, 115507.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  7. Nuclear wasteform materials: Atomistic simulation case studies

    Chroneos, A., Rushton, M. J. D., Jiang, C. & Tsoukalas, L. H., 1 Oct 2013, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 441, 1-3, p. 29-39 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  8. Oxidation of UC: An in situ high temperature environmental scanning electron microscopy study

    Gasparrini, C., Podor, R., Horlait, D., Rushton, M. J. D., Fiquet, O. & Lee, W. E., Oct 2017, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 494, p. 127-137

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  9. Oxygen diffusion in Gd-doped mixed oxides

    Galvin, C. O. T., Cooper, M. W. D., Rushton, M. & Grimes, R. W., 1 Jan 2018, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. p. 300-306

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  10. Partial ordering of glass networks adjacent to simulated glass-crystal interfaces

    Rushton, M. J. D., Grimes, R. W. & Owens, S. L., 1 Aug 2011, In: Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 357, 16-17, p. 3278-3287 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  11. Predicted Mechanism for Enhanced Durability of Zinc Containing Silicate Glasses

    Stechert, T. R., Rushton, M. J. D. & Grimes, R. W., 1 May 2013, In: Journal of American Ceramic Society. 96, 5, p. 1450-1455 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  12. Predicted changes to alkali concentration adjacent to glass-crystal interfaces

    Rushton, M. J. D., Grimes, R. W. & Owens, S. L., 1 May 2008, In: Journal of American Ceramic Society. 91, 5, p. 1659-1664 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  13. Predicted energies and structures of beta-Ca-3(PO4)(2)

    Jay, E. E., Michie, E. M., Parfitt, D., Rushton, M. J. D., Fong, S. K., Mallinson, P. M., Metcalfe, B. L. & Grimes, R. W., 1 Oct 2010, In: Journal of Solid State Chemistry. 183, 10, p. 2261-2267 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  14. Predicted pyrochlore to fluorite disorder temperature for A(2)Zr(2)O(7) compositions

    Rushton, MJD., Grimes, RW., Stanek, CR. & Owens, S., 1 Jun 2004, In: Journal of Materials Research. 19, 6, p. 1603-1604 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  15. Predicted structure, thermo-mechanical properties and Li ion transport in LiAlF4 glass

    Stechert, T. R., Rushton, M. J. D., Grimes, R. W. & Dillon, A. C., 15 Aug 2012, In: Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 358, 16, p. 1917-1923 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  16. Published

    Predicting the thermal expansion of body-centred cubic (BCC) high entropy alloys in the Mo-Nb-Ta-Ti-W system

    Wilson, J., Evitts, L. J., Fraile, A., Wilson, R., Rushton, M., Goddard, D., Lee, B. & Middleburgh, S., 1 Jul 2022, In: Journal of Physics: Energy. 4, 3, 034002.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  17. Prediction and characterisation of radiation damage in fluorapatite

    Jay, E. E., Fossati, P. C. M., Rushton, M. J. D. & Grimes, R. W., 2015, In: Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 3, 3, p. 1164-1173 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  18. Simulation of defects and defect processes in fluorite and fluorite related oxides: Implications for radiation tolerance

    Rushton, M. J. D., Stanek, C. R., Cleave, A. R., Uberuaga, B. P., Sickafus, K. E. & Grimes, R. W., 1 Feb 2007, In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 255, 1, SI, p. 151-157 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  19. Published

    Stoichiometry deviation in amorphous zirconium dioxide

    Rushton, M. J. D., Ipatova, I., Evitts, L. J., Lee, W. E. & Middleburgh, S. C., 28 May 2019, In: RSC Advances. 9, 29, p. 16320-16327

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  20. Published

    Structure and properties of amorphous uranium dioxide

    Middleburgh, S., Lee, B. & Rushton, M., 1 Jan 2021, In: Acta Materialia. 202, p. 366-375

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  21. Surface dependent segregation of Y2O3 in t-ZrO2

    Stanek, CR., Grimes, RW., Rushton, MJD., McClellan, KJ. & Rawlings, RD., 1 Sept 2005, In: Philosophical Magazine Letters. 85, 9, p. 445-453 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  22. The Impact of Neutron Cross Section Group Structures on the Accuracy of Radiological Source Models

    Hodgson, A. P. J., Grimes, R. W., Rushton, M. J. D. & Marsden, O. J., Nov 2015, In: Nuclear Science and Engineering. 181, 3, p. 302-309 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  23. Published

    The UK National Thermal-Hydraulics Facility: Motivations, Design and Planning Status

    Dahlfors, M., Joannou, J., Brummitt, A., Rushton, M., Middleburgh, S. & Lee, B., 2021, EPJ Web of Conferences. EDP Sciences, Vol. 247. 11 p. 20006

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contributionpeer-review

  24. Published

    The accommodation of lithium in bulk ZrO2

    Stephens, G. F., Than, Y. R., Nelson, W., Evitts, L. J., Wenman, M., Murphy, S., Grimes, R. W., Cole-Baker, A., Ortner, S., Gotham, N., Rushton, M., Lee, B. & Middleburgh, S., 15 Dec 2021, In: Solid State Ionics. 373, 115813.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  25. Published

    The future of medical radioisotope production in the UK: An introduction to nuclear medicine

    Evitts, L. J., Pearce, F., Middleburgh, S., Rushton, M. & Lee, B., 1 Aug 2021, Nuclear Future, 17, 4, p. 18-20 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to specialist publicationArticle