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Diffusion thermique de l'uranium dans le zirconium - Application au stockage des gaines de combustible
Study of Zircaloy-4 fuel cladding corrosion using ion beams - Application to long term disposal of nuclear wastes
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Fission Enhanced diffusion of uranium in zirconia
This paper deals with the comparison between thermal and Fission Enhanced
Diffusion (FED) of uranium into zirconia, representative of the inner face of
cladding tubes. The experiments under irradiation are performed at the Institut
Laue Langevin (ILL) in Grenoble using the Lohengrin spectrometer. A thin
layer in direct contact with an oxidized zirconium foil is
irradiated in the ILL high flux reactor. The fission product flux is about
10 ions cm s and the target temperature is measured by an
IR pyrometer. A model is proposed to deduce an apparent uranium diffusion
coefficient in zirconia from the energy distribution broadening of two selected
fission products. It is found to be equal to 10 cm s at
480C and compared to uranium thermal diffusion data in ZrO in the
same pressure and temperature conditions. The FED results are analysed in
comparison with literature data
EVIDENCE OF PRIMARY EVENTS IN 20Ne, 22Ne FRAGMENTATION FROM COINCIDENCE MEASUREMENTS IN 20, 22Ne + 93Nb REACTION AT 30 MeV/A
Evidence that primary ejectiles formation strongly depends on the projectile structure is given by comparison of 20Ne + 93Nb and 22Ne + 93Nb reactions at 30 MeV/A. Pick-up, stripping, break-up mechanism are identified using light particles-projectile fragments coĂŻncidence measurements
Hydrogen production during the irradiation of gaseous organic compounds: advantage of an extracted beam
ACE, Accélérateur, NIMBInternational audienceThis paper presents a fundamental study of the radiolysis of gaseous organic molecules induced by proton beam. For that purpose, a specific extracted beam line associated with a gas irradiation cell was set up on the 4 MV facility of the Institut de Physique Nucléaire of Lyon. The first experiments have been performed with gaseous alkanes and alkenes. The gaseous species formed during irradiation are analysed by an on-line gas chromatography instrument equipped with two detectors. In order to test our experimental faiclity, we have studied the influence of irradiation parameters (duration, beam intensity, pressure) on the production of hydrogen. In the case of propane, the radiolytic yield value of hydrogen G(H) is equal to 3.7 for total does in the range of 0.4 to 2.3 MGy at atmospheric pressure
Zirconium oxidation under high energy heavy ion irradiation
This paper concerns the study of zirconium oxidation under irradiation with
high energetic Xe ions. The irradiations were performed on the IRRSUD beam line
at GANIL (Caen). The oxygen partial pressure was fixed at 10 Pa and two
temperature conditions were used, either 480C reached by Joule effect
heating or 280C due to Xe energy deposition. Zirconia was fully
characterized by Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry, Transmission Electron
Microscopy and Grazing Angle X-ray Diffraction. Apparent diffusion coefficients
of oxygen in ZrO2 were determined from these experiments by using a model which
takes into account a surface exchange between oxygen gas and the ZrO2 surface.
These results are compared with thermal oxidation data
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