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Radial variations of the lattice parameter and peak width of two high burn-up UO 2 -fuels (67 and 80 GWd/tM) were measured by a specially developed micro-X-ray diraction technique, allowing spectra acquisition with 30 lm spatial resolution. The results showed a signi®cant but constant peak broadening, and a lattice parameter that increased towards the pellet edge and decreased again within the rim-zone. This lattice contraction coincided with other property changes in the rim region, i.e., porosity increase, hardness decrease and Xe depletion. In terms of local burn-ups, the lattice contraction followed the rate of the matrix Xe depletion measured by EMPA, exceeding greatly the contraction rate due to dissolved ®ssion products. The observed behaviour can be equally explained by a saturation of single interstitials with subsequent recombination with excess vacancies, as by the saturation and enlargement of dislocation loops. The concentration and sizes of defects involved and their possible relation to the rim structure formation are discussed.
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- Author
- J. Spino; D. Papaioannou
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0022-3115)
- Published
- 2000
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Materials Science (Physical Sciences)