Dr Michael Rushton

Senior Research Lecturer

  1. Article › Research › Not peer-reviewed
  2. Published

    Doing more with nuclear

    Rushton, M. & Lee, B., May 2021, In: Energy World. May 2021, p. 22-24 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticle

  3. Article › Research › Peer-reviewed
  4. A comparison of empirical potential models for the simulation of dislocations in uranium dioxide

    Murphy, S. T., Rushton, M. J. D. & Grimes, R. W., 1 Apr 2014, In: Progress in Nuclear Energy. 72, SI, p. 27-32 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  5. A concerted mechanism for Cl- migration in chlorapatite

    Jackson, M. L., Jay, E. E., Rushton, M. J. D. & Grimes, R. W., 2014, In: Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 2, 38, p. 16157-16164 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  6. A critical assessment of interatomic potentials for ceria with application to its elastic properties revisited

    Rushton, M. J. D. & Chroneos, A., Nov 2013, In: Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics. 24, 11, p. 4590-4592 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  7. A many-body potential approach to modelling the thermomechanical properties of actinide oxides

    Cooper, M. W. D., Rushton, M. J. D. & Grimes, R. W., 12 Mar 2014, In: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. 26, 10

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  8. Published

    Assessing Li accommodation at amorphous ZrO2 grain boundaries

    Stephens, G. F., London, I., Ghardi, M., Fraile, A., Rushton, M., Lee, B., Cole-Baker, A. & Middleburgh, S., 1 Jan 2024, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 154780.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  9. Published

    Atomic-scale description of interfaces in rutile/sodium silicate glass–crystal composites

    Fossati, P. C. M., Rushton, M. & Lee, W., 21 Jun 2018, In: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 20, p. 17624-17636

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  10. Published

    Co-Generation in the Early Days of Nuclear Power: Part 1: Calder Hall and Chapelcross

    Rushton, M. J. D. & Lee, W. E., 1 Nov 2020, In: Nuclear Future. 16, 6, p. 51-54

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  11. Published

    Co-generation in the early days of nuclear power: Part 2: Metal production

    Rushton, M. J. D. & Lee, W. E., 1 Feb 2021, In: Nuclear Future. 17, 1, p. 40-44

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  12. Development of Xe and Kr empirical potentials for CeO2, ThO2, UO2 and PuO2, combining DFT with high temperature MD

    Cooper, M. W. D., college, I., Wales, U. O. N., Rushton, M. J. D., Grimes, R. W., Stanek, C. R. & Andersson, D. A., 23 Aug 2016, In: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. 28, 40

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  13. Published

    Diffusion in doped and undoped amorphous zirconia

    Owen, M., Rushton, M., Evitts, L. J., Claisse, A., Puide, M., Lee, B. & Middleburgh, S., Nov 2021, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 555, 153108.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  14. Published

    Diffusion in undoped and Cr-doped amorphous UO2

    Owen, M., Cooper, M. W. D., Rushton, M., Claisse, A., Lee, B. & Middleburgh, S., 1 Apr 2023, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 576, 154270.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  15. Effect of A-site cation disorder on oxygen diffusion in perovskite-type Ba0.5Sr0.5Co1-xFexO2.5

    Shiiba, H., Bishop, C. L., Rushton, M. J. D., Nakayama, M., Nogami, M., Kilner, J. A. & Grimes, R. W., 2013, In: Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 1, 35, p. 10345-10352 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  16. Effect of strain on the oxygen diffusion in yttria and gadolinia co-doped ceria

    Rushton, M. J. D., Chroneos, A., Skinner, S. J., Kilner, J. A. & Grimes, R. W., 10 Jan 2013, In: Solid State Ionics. 230, SI, p. 37-42 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  17. Effect of trivalent dopants on local coordination and electronic structure in crystalline and amorphous ZnO

    Ramo, D. M., Chroneos, A., Rushton, M. J. D. & Bristowe, P. D., 31 Mar 2014, In: Thin Solid Films. 555, p. 117-121 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  18. Published

    Effects of Gallium Doping in Garnet-Type Li7La3Zr2O12 Solid Electrolytes

    Jalem, R., Rushton, M. J. D., Manalastas, W. J., Nakayama, M., Kasuga, T., Kilner, J. A. & Grimes, R. W., 28 Apr 2015, In: Chemistry of Materials. 27, 8, p. 2821-2831

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  19. Published

    Evidence of excess oxygen accommodation in yttria partially-stabilized zirconia

    Middleburgh, S. C., Ipatova, I., Evitts, L. J., Rushton, M. J. D., Assinder, B., Grimes, R. W. & Lee, W. E., 15 Jan 2020, In: Scripta Materialia. 175, p. 7-10

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  20. Published

    From solid solution to cluster formation of Fe and Cr in alpha-Zr

    Burr, P. A., Wenman, M. R., Gault, B., Moody, M. P., Ivermark, M., Rushton, M. J. D., Preuss, M., Edwards, L. & Grimes, R. W., 1 Dec 2015, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 467, 1, p. 320-331 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  21. Published

    Genetics of superionic conductivity in lithium lanthanum titanates

    Jay, E. E., Rushton, M. J. D., Chroneos, A., Grimes, R. W. & Kilner, J. A., 2015, In: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 17, 1, p. 178-183

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  22. Published

    Hydrogen Accommodation in the TiZrNbHfTa High Entropy Alloy

    Moore, C., Wilson, J., Rushton, M., Lee, B., Astbury, J. & Middleburgh, S., 1 May 2022, In: Acta Materialia. 229, 117832.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  23. Published

    Impact of uniaxial strain and doping on oxygen diffusion in CeO2

    Rushton, M. J. D. & Chroneos, A., 14 Aug 2014, In: Scientific Reports. 4

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  24. Published

    In-situ TEM investigation of nano-scale helium bubble evolution in tantalum-doped tungsten at 800 °C

    Ipatova, I., Greaves, G., Pacheco-Gutiérrez, S., Middleburgh, S., Rushton, M. & Jimenez-Melero, E., 1 Jul 2021, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 550, 152910.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  25. 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

  26. 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

  27. 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

  28. 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

  29. 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

  30. 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

  31. 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

  32. 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

  33. 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

  34. 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

  35. 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

  36. 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

  37. 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

  38. 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

  39. 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

  40. 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

  41. 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

  42. 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

  43. 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

  44. 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

  45. 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

  46. 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

  47. The influence of dipole polarisation on threshold displacement energies in UO2

    Bishop, C. L., Murphy, S. T., Rushton, M. J. D. & Grimes, R. W., 1 Mar 2012, In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 274, p. 195-199 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  48. Thermal conductivity and energetic recoils in UO2 using a many-body potential model

    Qin, M. J., Cooper, M. W. D., Kuo, E. Y., Rushton, M. J. D., Grimes, R. W., Lumpkin, G. R. & Middleburgh, S. C., 10 Dec 2014, In: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. 26, 49

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  49. Thermal conductivity and the isotope effect in Li2O

    Lu, H., Murphy, S. T., Rushton, M. J. D., Parfitt, D. C. & Grimes, R. W., 1 Nov 2012, In: Fusion Engineering and Design. 87, 11, p. 1834-1838 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  50. Published

    Thermal conductivity variation in uranium dioxide with gadolinia additions

    Qin, M., Middleburgh, S., Cooper, M. W. D., Rushton, M., Puide, M., Kuo, E. Y., Grimes, R. W. & Lumpkin, G. R., Nov 2020, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 540, 152258.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  51. Thermodynamic calculations of oxygen self-diffusion in mixed-oxide nuclear fuels

    Parfitt, D. C., Cooper, M. W. D., Rushton, M. J. D., Christopoulos, S. -R. G., Fitzpatricka, M. E. & Chroneos, A., 29 Jul 2016, In: RSC Advances. 6, 78, p. 74018-74027 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  52. Thermophysical and anion diffusion properties of (U x ,Th1-x )O2.

    Cooper, M. W. D., Murphy, S. T., Fossati, P. C. M., Rushton, M. J. D. & Grimes, R. W., Nov 2014, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society A . 470, 2171, p. 20140427 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  53. Thermophysical properties and oxygen transport in (Thx,Pu1−x)O2

    Galvin, C. O. T., Cooper, M. W. D., Rushton, M. J. D. & Grimes, R. W., Dec 2016, In: Scientific Reports. 6, 1, p. 36024 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  54. Thermophysical properties and oxygen transport in the (U-x,Pu1-x)O-2 lattice

    Cooper, M. W. D., Murphy, S. T., Rushton, M. J. D. & Grimes, R. W., 1 Jun 2015, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 461, p. 206-214 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  55. Published

    Thermophysical properties of liquid (U, Zr)O₂ by molecular dynamics

    Beigbeder, T., Bourasseau, E. & Rushton, M., 12 Dec 2021, In: Molecular Simulation. 47, 18, p. 1502-1508 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  56. Published

    Trapping of volatile fission products by C60

    Kuganathan, N., Arya, A. K., Rushton, M. & Grimes, R. W., 1 Jun 2018, In: Carbon. 132, p. 477-485

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  57. Published

    Void evolution in tungsten and tungsten-5wt.% tantalum under in-situ proton irradiation at 800 and 1000°C

    Ipatova, I., Harrison, R. W., Donnelly, S. E., Rushton, M. J. D., Middleburgh, S. C. & Jimenez-Melero, E., 1 Dec 2019, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 526, 151730.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  58. Letter › Research › Peer-reviewed
  59. Published

    Defect Behaviour in the MoNbTaVW High Entropy Alloy (HEA)

    Lin-Vines, A., Wilson, J., Fraile, A., Evitts, L. J., Rushton, M., Astbury, J., Lee, W. E. & Middleburgh, S. C., Sept 2022, In: Results In Materials. 15, 100320.

    Research output: Contribution to journalLetterpeer-review

  60. Comment/debate › Research › Not peer-reviewed
  61. Published

    Exploring small nuclear to plug the energy gaps

    Rushton, M., 8 Sept 2022, In: Nature. 609, 7926, p. S8 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalComment/debate

  62. Conference contribution › Research › Peer-reviewed
  63. Changes to alkali ion content adjacent to crystal-glass interfaces

    Rushton, M. J. D., Grimes, R. W. & Owens, S. L., 2008, Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXXI. Lee, WE., Roberts, JW., Hyatt, NC. & Grimes, RW. (eds.). Vol. 1107. p. 207+ (Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings).

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

  64. 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

  65. Article › Research
  66. 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

  67. Published

    The future of medical radioisotope production in the UK -- Part Two

    Evitts, L. J., Pearce, F., Middleburgh, S., Rushton, M. & Lee, B., 1 Nov 2021, Nuclear Future, 17, 6, p. 17-19 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to specialist publicationArticle

  68. Commissioned report › Research › Peer-reviewed
  69. 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