JRP 01-35

Partners

CNRS

CEA

EC-JRC-ITU

SCK•CEN

Contact

G. Blondiaux
CNRS/CERI - 3A rue de la Férollerie - 45071 Orléans cedex 2 - France
Phone + 33 (0) 2 38 25 54 26
E-mail e-mail

A separate effects study of the behaviour of helium in uranium dioxide

Status

 
Terminated - Planned from October 2004 till April 2006

Goals

The main goal of this joint research project is to generate a comprehensive set of basic physical data, relative to the behaviour of helium in uranium dioxide. In particular, the aim is to study the consequences of temperature and radiation on the diffusional properties of helium in uranium dioxide.

Expected results

The results of this joint research project are essential for the modelling of fuel behaviour (diffusion coefficients, irradiation effects, etc.) under all operating conditions (including long term storage situations). The actual models, which have been developed to interpret experimental results, can also be adapted for in-reactor data.

Publications

  • Labrim H., Barthe M.F., Desgardin P., Sauvage T., Blondiaux G., Corbel C., Piron J.P..- Vacancy defects induced in sintered polished UO2 disk by helium implantation- In: Appl. Surf. Sci., 252(2006), p. 3256-3261
  • Labrim H., Barthe M.F., Desgardin P., Sauvage T., Blondiaux G., Corbel C., Piron J.P..- Thermal evolution of vacancy defects induced in sintered UO2 disk by helium implantation- In: Appl. Surf. Sci., 252(2006), p. 3262-3268
  • Sauvage T., Desgardin P., Martin G., Garcia P., Carlot G., Labrim H., Khodja H., Moretto P., Barthe M.F., Blondiaux G. et al..- Microstructure effects on He diffusion in sintered UO2 by μNRA- In: Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. B, 240(2005), p. 271
  • Labrim H., Barthe M.-F., Sauvage T., Desgardin P., Blondiaux G., Corbel C., Miserque F., Piron J.P..- Deuterium trapping in sintered polished UO2 disks- In: Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. B, 240(2005), p. 434

Presentations

  • "NRA study of the effect of heavy ion irradiations on helium diffusion in sintered uranium dioxide"- PIANO summer school 19-26 September 2005/ Blainville-sur-Mer, France, 2005. Presentation
  • "A quantitative µNRA study of helium intergranular and volume diffusion in sintered UO2"- IBA17 26 June 2005 - 1 July 2005/ Sevilla, Spain, 2005. Presentation
  • Sabathier C..- "A study of irradiation defects and rare gas bubble nucleation in uranium dioxide"- ISMIR 19 May 2005/ Orléans, France, 2005. Presentation
  • Labrim H., Barthe M.F., Desgardin P., Sauvage T., Blondiaux G., Corbel C., Piron J.P., "Vacancy defects induced in sintered polished UO2 disks by helium implantation"- SLOPOS10 19-25 March 2005/ Doha, Qatar, 2005. Presentation
  • Labrim H., Barthe M.F., Desgardin P., Sauvage T., Blondiaux G., Corbel C., Piron J.P., "Thermal evolution of Vacancy defects induced in sintered UO2 disks by helium implantation"- SLOPOS10 19-25 March 2005/ Doha, Qatar, 2005. Presentation

Reports