High resolution TEM observation and density estimation of Xe bubbles in high burnup UO2 fuels

K. Nogita; K. Une

doi:10.1016/S0168-583X(98)00040-8

High resolution TEM observation and density estimation of Xe bubbles in high burnup UO₂ fuels

K. Nogita, K. Une

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High resolution transmission electron microscopy (TEM) observations, nano-diffraction and nano-area energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) analyses were carried out in the outer region of high burnup UO₂ pellets. Samples were prepared from the outer low temperature region of UO₂ pellets, which had been irradiated to the pellet average burnups of 30 and 49 GWd/t in BWRs and 83 GWd/t in a test reactor under a pressurized water reactor (PWR) condition (1 GWd/t = 2.5 × 10¹⁹ fissions/cm³). Lattice images and nano-area EDX results indicate the presence of 4-10 nm size Xe bubbles with five-metal particles of Mo-Tc-Ru-Rh-Pd. Nano-diffraction patterns from bubbles show two different new patterns other than that of matrix UO₂. From the Xe/U proportion obtained by the EDX peak and nano-diffraction patterns, it was suggested that Xe in the small bubbles existed as a solid or in a near solid state at very high pressure.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	481-486
Number of pages	6
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Volume	141
Issue number	1-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-583X(98)00040-8
Publication status	Published - May 1998
Externally published	Yes

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High resolution TEM observation and density estimation of Xe bubbles in high burnup UO₂ fuels

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