Ag Transport Through Non-Irradiated and Irradiated SiC

Szlufarska, Izabela¹  Morgan, Dane¹  Blanchard, James¹ 

[1]Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)

关键词: SILICON CARBIDES;    DIFFUSION;    FISSION PRODUCTS;    GRAIN BOUNDARIES;    IRRADIATION;    ATOM TRANSPORT;    COATED FUEL PARTICLES;    COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS;    GRAIN S;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1242964
RP-ID  :  DOE/NEUP--11-2988
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1242964
Others  :  Other: 11-2988
Others  :  TRN: US1600927

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来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

Silicon carbide is the main barrier to diffusion of fission products in the current design of TRistuctural ISOtropic (TRISO) coated fuel particles, and Ag is one of the few fission products that have been shown to escape through this barrier. Because the SiC coating in TRISO is exposed to radiation throughout the lifetime of the fuel, understanding of how radiation changes the transport of the fission products is essential for the safety of the reactor. The goals of this project are: (i) to determine whether observed variation in integral release measurements of Ag through SiC can be explained by differences in grain size and grain boundary (GB) types among the samples; (2) to identify the effects of irradiation on diffusion of Ag through SiC; (3) to discover phenomena responsible for significant solubility of Ag in polycrystalline SiC. To address these goals, we combined experimental analysis of SiC diffusion couples with modeling studies of diffusion mechanisms through bulk and GBs of this material. Comparison between results obtained for pristine and irradiated samples brings in insights into the effects of radiation on Ag transport.