Samples of (U,Pu) Mixed OXide with various microstructure and plutonium contents ranging between 4 and 25 % have been submitted to a series of heating experiments in order to assess grain growth between 1350 and 1750 oC. Complementary XRD measurements on the same samples indicated that they were not affected by modifications in the oxygen-to-metal ratio during the annealing experiments. The grain size distributions inferred by means of image analysis of metallographic pictures reveal that, when taking into account the experimental uncertainties, the grain growth kinetics are similar to those observed in conventional UO2 fuel that was also tested under the same conditions. An analysis of the experimental data available in the open literature for FBR MOX fuel, as well as for SBR MOX fuel submitted to power ramps in a LWR leads to the same conclusion. It can therefore be suggested that grain growth models for UO2 fuel can be applied to MOX fuel for fuel performance simulations.
VAN UFFELEN Paul;
BOTAZZOLI P.;
LUZZI Lelio;
BREMIER Stephan;
SCHUBERT Arndt;
RAISON Philippe;
ELOIRDI Rachel;
BARKER M.;
2013-01-08
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
JRC72561
0022-3115,
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC72561,
10.1016/j.jnucmat.2012.11.053,
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