In-pile creep study on mixed oxide (U,Pu)O2 |
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Authors: | Patrick Combette Claude Milet Georges Tanis Jean Crouzet Maurice Masson |
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Affiliation: | CEA-CEN 92260-Fontenay-aux-Roses, France;CEA-CEN 38041-Grenoble, France |
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Abstract: | The in-pile creep of a mixed oxide UO2-PuO2 under compression was studied up to fission rate of , for stresses up to 26.5 MN m?2, at temperatures ranging from 700 to 900°C. The results obtained agree with those of other authors. The creep rate is proportional to the applied stress and to the fission yield. However, it is athermal within the temperature range explored and is not affected by the burn-up, which has so far reached 30000 MWd t?1 (3.6% FIMA). When the sample is under compression the fuel swells under the action of the fission products formed in the oxide during its irradiation. The swelling rate is about that commonly accepted for a clad fuel element. Finally it seems that the oxide swells more when free from stress than when subjected to a stress field, but this point has to be confirmed. |
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