Opportunities for Advanced Ceramics and Composites in the Nuclear Sector

Materials challenges in nuclear energy

(2013) S.J. Zinkle et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Coupling XRD, EXAFS, and 13C NMR to Study the Effect of the Carbon Stoichiometry on the Local Structure of UC1±x

(2013) U. Carvajal Nuñez et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Phosphate modified calcium aluminate cement for radioactive waste encapsulation

(2012) P Swift et al.   Advances in Applied Ceramics

Critical assessment of UO2 classical potentials for thermal conductivity calculations

(2012) Aleksandr Chernatynskiy et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE

MAX phase carbides and nitrides: Properties for future nuclear power plant in-core applications and neutron transmutation analysis

(2012) E.N. Hoffman et al.   NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN

Free energy of Xe incorporation at point defects and in nanovoids and bubbles inUO2

(2012) S. T. Murphy et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Modelling materials for fusion power

(2011) D Duffy   INTERNATIONAL MATERIALS REVIEWS

Krypton irradiation damage in Nd-doped zirconolite and perovskite

(2011) C. Davoisne et al.   JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS

Buckle, ruck and tuck: A proposed new model for the response of graphite to neutron irradiation

(2011) M.I. Heggie et al.   JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS

Molecular dynamics simulation of Xe bubble nucleation in nanocrystalline UO2 nuclear fuel

(2011) Emily Moore et al.   JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS

Thermal diffusivity and conductivity of thorium–plutonium mixed oxides

(2011) C. Cozzo et al.   JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS

Microstructural characterization and pore structure analysis of nuclear graphite

(2011) J. Kane et al.   JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS

Molecular dynamics study of Xe bubble re-solution in UO2

(2011) K. Govers et al.   JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS

Low-Temperature Sintering Bi-Si-Zn-Oxide Glasses for Use in Either Glass Composite Materials or Core/Shell 129I Waste Forms

(2011) Terry J. Garino et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY

Laser Melting of Zirconium Carbide: Determination of Phase Transitions in Refractory Ceramic Systems

(2011) Heather F. Jackson et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY

Fusion materials modeling: Challenges and opportunities

(2011) B.D. Wirth et al.   MRS BULLETIN

Fukushima deep in hot water

(2011) Geoff Brumfiel et al.   NATURE

Basic research in support of innovative fuels design for the GEn IV systems: The F-BRIDGE project

(2011) Carole Valot et al.   NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN

U and Xe transport in UO2±x: Density functional theory calculations

(2011) D. A. Andersson et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Overview of the TBM R&D activities in Japan

(2010) Masato Akiba et al.   FUSION ENGINEERING AND DESIGN

Fabrication of Li4SiO4 pebbles by a sol–gel technique

(2010) Xiangwei Wu et al.   FUSION ENGINEERING AND DESIGN

On the solution and migration of single Xe atoms in uranium dioxide – An interatomic potentials study

(2010) K. Govers et al.   JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS

Krypton and helium irradiation damage in neodymium–zirconolite

(2010) M. Gilbert et al.   JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS

Glassy Wasteforms for Nuclear Waste Immobilization

(2010) Michael I. Ojovan et al.   METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS A-PHYSICAL METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE

France digs deep for nuclear waste

(2010) Declan Butler   NATURE

Interplay of defect cluster and the stability of xenon in uranium dioxide from density functional calculations

(2010) Hua Y. Geng et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Generating the Option of a Two-Stage Nuclear Renaissance

(2010) R. W. Grimes et al.   SCIENCE

Durable Glass for Thousands of Years

(2010) Carol M. Jantzen et al.   International Journal of Applied Glass Science

Recent advances and issues in development of silicon carbide composites for fusion applications

(2009) T. Nozawa et al.   JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS

Predicting the probability for fission gas resolution into uranium dioxide

(2009) David C. Parfitt et al.   JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS

A US perspective on fast reactor fuel fabrication technology and experience. Part II: Ceramic fuels

(2009) Douglas E. Burkes et al.   JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS

In situ TEM of radiation effects in complex ceramics

(2009) Jie Lian et al.   MICROSCOPY RESEARCH AND TECHNIQUE

Large molecular dynamics simulations of collision cascades in single-crystal, bi-crystal, and poly-crystal UO2

(2009) L. Van Brutzel et al.   NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION B-BEAM INTERACTIONS WITH MATERIALS AND ATOMS

DFT+Ucalculations of the ground state and metastable states of uranium dioxide

(2009) Boris Dorado et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Thermal plasma technology for the treatment of wastes: A critical review

(2008) E. Gomez et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Alternative configurations for the QUADRISO fuel design concept

(2008) Alberto Talamo et al.   JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS

Greater tolerance for nuclear materials

(2008) Robin W. Grimes et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Influence of pyrolytic carbon interface thickness on microstructure and mechanical properties of SiC/SiC composites by NITE process

(2007) Kazuya Shimoda et al.   COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Microstructure and leaching durability of glass composite wasteforms for spent clinoptilolite immobilisation

(2007) J.M. Juoi et al.   JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS

Diagnostics for first plasma study on EAST tokamak

(2007) X. Gao et al.   PHYSICS LETTERS A