Professor Simon Middleburgh
Ser Cymru Professor

Affiliations
Links
- https://nubu.nu/materials/simon-middleburgh/
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Contact info
Email: s.middleburgh@bangor.ac.uk
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Shifting to a 36-month fuel cycle with advanced moderating burnable absorbers enabling high assay low enriched uranium (HALEU)
Bolukbasi, M., Middleburgh, S., Vrtiska, S. & Lee, B., 1 Mar 2024, In: Progress in Nuclear Energy. 105011.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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Solution of hydrogen in accident tolerant fuel candidate material: U3Si2
Middleburgh, S. C., Claisse, A., Andersson, D. A., Grimes, R. W., Olsson, P. & Maskova, S., 1 Apr 2018, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 501, p. 234-237Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Spark plasma sintering and microstructural analysis of pure and Mo doped U3Si2 pellets
Lopes, D. A., Benarosch, A., Middleburgh, S. & Johnson, K. D., 1 Dec 2017, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 496, p. 234-241 8 p.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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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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Structure, properties and formation of PuCrO3 and PuAlO3 of relevance to doped nuclear fuels
Fullarton, M. L., Qin, M. J., Robinson, M., Marks, N. A., King, D. J. M., Kuo, E. Y., Lumpkin, G. R. & Middleburgh, S. C., 2013, In: Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 1, 46, p. 14633-14640 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Synthesis and DFT investigation of new bismuth-containing MAX phases
Horlait, D., Middleburgh, S. C., Chroneos, A. & Lee, W. E., 7 Jan 2016, In: Scientific Reports. 6Research 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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The Stability of Irradiation-Induced Defects in Zr3AlC2, Nb4AlC3 and (Zr0.5,Ti0.5)3AlC2 MAX Phase-Based Ceramics
Bowden, D., Ward, J., Middleburgh, S., de Moraes Shubeita, S., Zapata-Solvas, E., Lapauw, T., Vleugels, J., Lambrinou, K., Lee, B., Preuss, M. & Frankel, P., 15 Jan 2020, In: Acta Materialia. 183, p. 24-35Research 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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The formation and structure of Fe-Mn-Ni-Si solute clusters and G-phase precipitates in steels
King, D. J. M., Burr, P. A. & Middleburgh, S., 1 Jul 2018, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 505Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The incorporation of plutonium in lanthanum zirconate pyrochlore
Gregg, D. J., Zhang, Y., Middleburgh, S. C., Conradson, S. D., Triani, G., Lumpkin, G. R. & Vance, E. R., 1 Nov 2013, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 443, 1-3, p. 444-451 8 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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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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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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Ti-Zr-Nb-(V) refractory alloy coatings deposited by high-power impulse magnetron sputtering: Structure, mechanical properties, oxidation resistance, and thermal stability
Fraile, A., Cavaleiro, D., Bondarev, A., Middleburgh, S., Lee, B. & Fernandes, F., 1 Dec 2024, In: Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A. 42, 6Research 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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Ultrafast femtosecond laser micro-marking of single-crystal natural diamond by two-lens focusing system
Joya, Y., Yan, B., James, K., Yue, L., Middleburgh, S. & Wang, J., Mar 2021, In: Materials Today Communications. 26, 7 p., 101800.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Utilizing neutronics modelling to predict changing Pu ratios in UO2 in the presence of Th
Evitts, L., Gilbert, M. R., Middleburgh, S., Lee, B. & Dahlfors, M., 1 Jul 2021, In: Progress in Nuclear Energy. 137, 103762.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 journal › Article › peer-review
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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
- Conference contribution › Research › Peer-reviewed
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Additive manufacture of zirconium alloys for thermal propulsion by selective powder deposition
Makurunje, P., Callaghan, J. & Middleburgh, S., 31 Oct 2024, 75th International Astronautical Congress (IAC). International Astronautical Federation (IAF), IAC-24,C2,LBA,1,x91846Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › 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