Ding, H., Gardner, L.J. orcid.org/0000-0003-3126-2583, Mohun, R. et al. (3 more authors) (2020) Advanced gas-cooled reactor SIMFuel fabricated by Hot Isostatic Pressing: a feasibility investigation. In: IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering. THERAMIN 2020 conference: thermal treatment of radioactive waste, 04-05 Feb 2020, Manchester, UK. IOP Publishing
Abstract
The manufacture of a simulant UK Advanced Gas Cooled Reactor (AGR) spent nuclear fuel (SIMFuel) was achieved by Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP). Characterisation of HIP AGR SIMFuels, tailored to burn ups of 25 GWd/t U and 43 GWd/t U (after 100 years cooling) demonstrated fission product partitioning, phase assemblage, microstructure and porosity in good agreement with spent nuclear fuels and SIMFuels, and AGR fuels in particular. A pivotal advantage of the application of the HIP manufacturing method is the retention of volatile fission products within the resultant SIMFuel as the result of using a hermetically-sealed container. This new approach to SIMFuel manufacture should enable the production of more accurate spent nuclear fuel surrogates to support research on spent fuel management, recycle, and disposal, and the thermal treatment of fuel residues and debris.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd. Content from this work may be used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0). Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the title of the work, journal citation and DOI. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Materials Science and Engineering (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 18 May 2020 16:09 |
Last Modified: | 18 May 2020 16:09 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | IOP Publishing |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1088/1757-899x/818/1/012011 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:160892 |
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