Professor Simon Middleburgh
Ser Cymru Professor

Affiliations
Links
- https://nubu.nu/materials/simon-middleburgh/
Group website
Contact info
Email: s.middleburgh@bangor.ac.uk
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On the design of a composite hydride-metal to accommodate hydride decomposition
Middleburgh, S. (Inventor), 15 Feb 2024, Patent No. US20240055145A1Research output: Patent
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A sintered nuclear fuel pellet, a fuel rod, a fuel assembly, and a method of manufacturing a sintered nuclear fuel pellet
Middleburgh, S. (Inventor), 22 Aug 2018Research output: Patent
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Layered neutron shielding
Middleburgh, S. (Inventor), 26 Jan 2023, Patent No. US20230025227A1Research output: Patent
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A tubular ceramic component suitable for being used in a nuclear reactor
Middleburgh, S. (Inventor), 26 Nov 2020, Patent No. US20200373022A1Research output: Patent
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Development of Kernel Fuels for High Temperature Gas Reactor and Space Systems
Middleburgh, S., Makurunje, P., Mohun, R., Goddard, D., Stephens, G. F. & Lee, B., 8 Oct 2024.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
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A ceramic nuclear fuel pellet, a fuel rod, and a fuel assembly
Middleburgh, S. (Inventor) & Hallstadius, L. (Inventor), 31 Oct 2018Research output: Patent
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A nuclear fuel pellet, a fuel rod, and a fuel assembly
Middleburgh, S. (Inventor) & Puide, M. (Inventor), 14 Nov 2018Research output: Patent
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Annular Nuclear Fuel Pellets with Discrete Burnable Absorber Pins
Middleburgh, S. (Inventor), 15 Nov 2018Research output: Patent
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Method to produce uranium silicides
Middleburgh, S. (Inventor) & Lahoda, E. (Inventor), 27 Dec 2018Research output: Patent
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A cladding tube, and a method of manufacturing a cladding tube
Middleburgh, S. (Inventor), 22 Oct 2020, Patent No. US20200335231A1Research output: Patent
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Structure and properties of amorphous uranium dioxide
Middleburgh, S., Lee, B. & Rushton, M., 1 Jan 2021, In: Acta Materialia. 202, p. 366-375Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Defect evolution in burnable absorber candidate material: Uranium diboride, UB2
Middleburgh, S., Burr, P. A., Kardoulaki, E. & Holmes, R., 1 Jan 2019, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 513, p. 45-55Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 7-10Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Atomic Scale Modeling of Point Defects in Zirconium Diboride
Middleburgh, S. C., Parfitt, D. C., Blair, P. R. & Grimes, R. W., 1 Jul 2011, In: Journal of American Ceramic Society. 94, 7, p. 2225-2229 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Accommodation of Excess Oxygen in Group II Monoxides
Middleburgh, S. C., Lagerlof, K. P. D. & Grimes, R. W., 1 Jan 2013, In: Journal of American Ceramic Society. 96, 1, p. 308-311 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Accommodation, Accumulation, and Migration of Defects in Ti3SiC2 and Ti3AlC2 MAX Phases
Middleburgh, S. C., Lumpkin, G. R. & Riley, D., 1 Oct 2013, In: Journal of American Ceramic Society. 96, 10, p. 3196-3201 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The oxidation of uranium diboride in flowing air atmospheres
Mistarihi, Q., Martini, F., Buckley, J., Middleburgh, S., Abram, T. & Turner, J., 1 Jul 2023, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 154417.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Creating Functional Digital Shadows of X-ray systems
Mitchell, I., Vidal, F., Middleburgh, S., Garbout, A., Buffière, J.-Y. & Letang, J. M., Oct 2023.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
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Enhanced radiation damage tolerance in Zr-doped UO2
Mohun, R., Middleburgh, S., Thomas, P. J. & Corkhill, C., 1 Dec 2024, In: Materialia. 38, 102226.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 journal › Article › peer-review
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Phase equilibria in the U-Si system from first-principles calculations
Noordhoek, M. J., Besmann, T. M., Andersson, D., Middleburgh, S. C. & Chernatynskiy, A., 31 Oct 2016, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 479, p. 216-223 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Anisotropy in the thermal expansion of uranium silicide measured by neutron diffraction
Obbard, E. G., Johnson, K. D., Burr, P. A., Lopes, D. A., Gregg, D. J., Liss, K.-D., Griffiths, G., Scales, N. & Middleburgh, S. C., 1 Sept 2018, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 508, p. 516-520Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 journal › Article › peer-review
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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 journal › Article › peer-review
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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 journal › Article › peer-review
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High-Entropy Alloys for Advanced Nuclear Applications
Pickering, E., Carruthers, A., Barron, P., Middleburgh, S., Armstrong, D. & Gandy, A., 11 Jan 2021, In: Entropy. 23, 1, 98.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Hydrogen desorption kinetics of hafnium hydride powders
Pollard, J., Dumain, A., Stratton, B., Irukuvarghula, S., Astbury, J., Middleburgh, S., Giuliani, F. & Humphry-Baker, S. A., 6 Nov 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 155499.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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, 49Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 journal › Article › peer-review
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UN microspheres embedded in UO2 matrix: an innovative accident tolerant fuel
Ribeiro Costa, D., Hedberg, M., Middleburgh, S., Wallenius, J., Olssen, P. & Lopes, D. A., Nov 2020, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 540, 152355.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 16320-16327Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 journal › Article › peer-review
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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 journal › Article › peer-review
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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 journal › Article › peer-review
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Lithium Accomodation in ZrO2
Stephens, G. F., Evitts, L. J., Rushton, M., Lee, B., Middleburgh, S., Than, Y. R., Cole-Baker, A., Neilson, W., Murphy, S., Wenman, M. R., Grimes, R. W., Gotham, N. & Ortner, S., 29 Oct 2021, ENS TopFuel 2021 Conference proceedings. ENS TopFuelResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Decomposition and stoichiometry variation in lithium hydride and lithium deuteride
Stratton, B., Davis, T., Astbury, J., Abdallah, M., Stephens, S. & Middleburgh, S., 1 Feb 2025, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 606, 155619.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Short communication on further elucidating the structure of amorphous U2O7 by extended X-ray absorption spectroscopy and DFT simulations
Thompson, N., Middleburgh, S., Evitts, L., Gilbert, M., Sennett, M. & Hyatt, N., 15 Dec 2020, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 542, 152476.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A high density composite fuel with integrated burnable absorber: U3Si2-UB2
Turner, J., Middleburgh, S. & Abram, T., 1 Feb 2020, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 529, 151891.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Synthesis of Candidate Advanced Technology Fuel: Uranium Diboride (UB2) via Carbo/Borothermic Reduction of UO2
Turner, J., Martini, F., Buckley, J., Phillips, G., Middleburgh, S. & Abram, T., Nov 2020, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 540, 1252388.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Crystallographic evolution of MAX phases in proton irradiating environments
Ward, J., Middleburgh, S., Topping, M., Garner, A., Stewart, D., Barsoum, M. W., Preuss, M. & Frankel, P., 15 Apr 2018, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 502, p. 220-227 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 journal › Article › peer-review
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Assessing the high concentration of vacancies in refractory high entropy alloys
Wilson, J. A., Moore, C., Goddard, D. T. & Middleburgh, S. C., 1 May 2023, In: Materialia. 28, 101764.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Theoretical and experimental Raman spectroscopic studies of synthetic thorutite (ThTi2O6)
Zhang, Y., Cejka, J., Karatchevtseva, I., Qin, M., Kong, L., Short, K., Middleburgh, S. C. & Lurnpkin, G. R., 31 Mar 2014, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 446, 1-3, p. 68-72 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Raman spectroscopic study of natural and synthetic brannerite
Zhang, Y., Karatchevtseva, I., Qin, M., Middleburgh, S. C. & Lumpkin, G. R., 1 Jun 2013, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 437, 1-3, p. 149-153 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Gradual Structural Evolution from Pyrochlore to Defect-Fluorite in Y2Sn2-xZrxO7: Average vs Local Structure
Zhang, Z., Middleburgh, S. C., de los Reyes, M., Lumpkin, G. R., Kennedy, B. J., Blanchard, P. E. R., Reynolds, E. & Jang, L.-Y., 19 Dec 2013, In: Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 117, 50, p. 26740-26749 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review