Fission Gas Bubbles Characterisation in Irradiated UO2 Fuel by SEM, EPMA and SIMS |
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Authors: | Jérôme Lamontagne Lionel Desgranges Christophe Valot Jean Noirot Thierry Blay Ingrid Roure Bertrand Pasquet |
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Affiliation: | (1) Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique, Centre de Cadarache, DEN/DEC/SA3C/L2EC, Bat 316, F-13108 St Paul Lez Durance, Cedex, France |
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Abstract: | The behaviour of gases produced by fission is of great importance for nuclear fuel operation. Within this context, an experimental method for the characterisation of the fission gas including gas bubbles in an irradiated UO2 nuclear fuel was developed in our laboratory using SIMS, EPMA and SEM results. SIMS and EPMA have been used to measure the radial distribution of xenon and SEM gives information on bubble formation across the fuel pellet radius. Using SIMS, xenon concentration can be determined in the matrix and in the bubbles. A quantification method, allowing the determination of the total inventory of xenon, is proposed and qualified with EPMA results. It is concluded that the complementary micro-analytical techniques SIMS, EPMA and SEM are very powerful tools for the characterisation of the fission gas bubbles in irradiated nuclear fuel. |
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Keywords: | : SEM EPMA SIMS UO2 xenon. |
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