Professor Simon Middleburgh
Ser Cymru Professor
Affiliations
Links
- https://nubu.nu/materials/simon-middleburgh/
Group website
Contact info
Email: s.middleburgh@bangor.ac.uk
- Commissioned report › Research › Not peer-reviewed
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Phase Equilibria and Thermochemistry of Advanced Fuels: Modeling Burnup Behavior: Technical Report
Besmann, T. M., McMurray, J., Nelson, A., White, J., Lahoda, E., Middleburgh, S., Claisse, A., Ulrich, T., Johnson, K., Kocevski, V., Adorno-Lopez, D. & Vogel, S., 31 Mar 2020, University of South Carolina Press.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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SEALER-UK Deliverable 1: UK-BEIS Advanced Modular Reactor Competition - Phase 1
Middleburgh, S. & Wallenius, J., 14 Jan 2019, 127 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
- Patent › Research
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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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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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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
- Article › Research
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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 publication › Article
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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 publication › Article
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Uranium: what the explosion in prices means for the nuclear industry
Jones, E., Hemmings, D. & Middleburgh, S., 24 Sept 2021, The Conversation.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
- Abstract › Research › Peer-reviewed
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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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Development of Kernel Fuels for High Temperature Gas Reactor and Space Systems
Middleburgh, S., Makurunje, P., Mohun, R., Goddard, D., Stephens, G. F., Callaghan, J. & Lee, B., 8 Oct 2024.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
- Paper › Research › Peer-reviewed
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Understanding the Mechanistic Role of Lithium in Accelerated Corrosion of Zirconium Alloys Using Advanced Characterization and Atomistic Simulation
Garner, A., Gillen, C., Stephens, G. F., Styman, P., Armson, S., Jacqueline, R., Liu, J., Carruthers, A., Pickering, F., Sherry, S., ChoenMay, C., Fenwick, M., Hulme, H., Ortner, S., Riley, C., Grovenor, C., Frankel, P., Middleburgh, S. & Cole-Baker, A., 1 Nov 2023, p. 356-386. 31 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
- Conference contribution › Research › Peer-reviewed
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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. 20006Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
- Letter › Research › Peer-reviewed
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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 journal › Letter › peer-review
- Article › Research › Peer-reviewed
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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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Accommodation and Diffusion of Nd in Uranium Silicide - U3Si2
Liu, H., Messina, L., Claisse, A., Middleburgh, S., Schuler, T. & Olsson, P., 15 Apr 2021, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 547, 152794.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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Addressing high processing temperatures in reactive melt infiltration for multiphase ceramic composites
Makurunje, P., Middleburgh, S. & Lee, B., 1 Feb 2023, In: Journal of the European Ceramic Society. 43, 2, p. 283-197Research 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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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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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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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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Choosing the correct strong correlation correction for U3Si2: influence of magnetism
Liu, H., Claisse, A., Middleburgh, S. & Olssen, P., 15 Dec 2019, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 527, 151828.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Coated ZrN sphere-UO2 composites as surrogates for UN-UO2 accident tolerant fuels
Costa, D. R., Hedberg, M., Adorno-Lopez, D., Delmas, M., Middleburgh, S., Wallenius, J. & Olsson, P., 15 Aug 2022, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 567, 153845.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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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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Density functional theory calculations of self- and Xe diffusion in U3Si2
Middleburgh, S., Andersson, D., Stanek, C., Claisse, A., Beeler, B. & Liu, X.-Y., Mar 2019, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 515, p. 312-325 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Density functional theory study of the magnetic moment of solute Mn in bcc Fe
King, D. J. M., Middleburgh, S. C., Burr, P. A., Whiting, T. M., Fossati, P. C. & Wenman, M. R., 20 Jul 2018, In: Physical Review B . 98, 2, 024418.Research 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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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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Effect of ZrB2 and UB2 Discrete Burnable Absorber Pins on Fuel Reactivity
Bolukbasi, M., Middleburgh, S., Vrtiska, S. & Lee, B., 1 Aug 2022, In: Progress in Nuclear Energy. 150, 104295.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › 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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Enrichment of Chromium at Grain Boundaries in Chromia Doped UO2
Middleburgh, S., Dumbill, S., Qaisar, A., Vatter, I., Owen, M., Vallely, S., Goddard, D., Eaves, D., Puide, M., Limback, M. & Lee, B., Mar 2023, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 575, 154250.Research 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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Experimental and computational assessment of U Si N ternary phases
Lopes, D. A., Wilson, T. L., Kocevski, V., Moore, E. E., Besman, T. M., Wood, E. S., White, J. T., Nelson, A. T., Middleburgh, S. & Claisse, A., Apr 2019, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 516, April, p. 194-201Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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First-principles study of defects and fission product behavior in uranium diboride
Jossou, E., Oladimeji, D., Malakkal, L., Middleburgh, S., Szpunar, B. & Szpunar, J., 1 Oct 2017, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 494, p. 147-156 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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First-principles study of lithium aluminosilicate glass scintillators
Ghardi, E., Scrimshire, A., Smith, R., Bingham, P., Middleburgh, S., Lee, W. & Rushton, M., 30 Jan 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 26, 7, p. 6138-6147 10 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
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High temperature, low neutron cross-section highentropy alloys in the Nb-Ti-V-Zr system
King, D. J. M., Cheung, S. T. Y., Humphry-Baker, S. A., Parkin, C., Couet, A., Cortie, M. B., Lumpkin, G. R., Middleburgh, S. & Knowles, A. J., Mar 2019, In: Acta Materialia. 166, p. 435-446Research 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 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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In-reactor behaviour and economic assessment of enriched gadolinia burnable absorbers
Bolukbasi, M., Middleburgh, S. & Lee, B., Oct 2023, In: Progress in Nuclear Energy. 164, 104873.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 journal › Article › peer-review
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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 journal › Article › peer-review
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Interface interactions in UN-X-UO2 systems (X = V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, W) by pressure-assisted diffusion experiments at 1773 K
Costa, D. R., Liu, H., Adorno-Lopez, D., Middleburgh, S., Wallenius, J. & Olsson, P., 1 Apr 2022, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 561, 153554.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Interface properties of Ti3SiC2/Al2O3 ceramics: Combined experiments and first-principles calculations
Ji, J., Yu, J., Lee, B., Middleburgh, S., Li, D., Wang, X., Li, Q., Wang, Z., Shi, G., Chen, F. & Zhang, L., 1 Mar 2021, In: Ceramics International. 47, 5, p. 6409-6417Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ion beam irradiation of ABO4 compounds with the fergusonite, monazite, scheelite, and zircon structures
De Los Reyes, M., Aughterson, R., Gregg, D., Middleburgh, S., Zaluzec, N., Huai, P., Ren, C. & Lumpkin, G., Oct 2020, In: Journal of American Ceramic Society. 103, 10, p. 5502-5514Research 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