Determination of high burn-up nuclear fuel elastic properties with acoustic microscopy

Journal of Nuclear Materials

Volumn 420, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 94-100

  Laux, D ^a   Baron, D ^b   Despaux, G ^a   Kellerbauer, A I ^c   Kinoshita, M ^d  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b IRFM   (France)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^d CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPY; BURN UP; DEPLETED URANIUM; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; GRAIN SIZE; HIGH-BURN UP; IN-LINE; IRRADIATED FUELS; IRRADIATION DEFECT; KNOOP INDENTATION; MAIN PARAMETERS; PARAMETRIC STUDY; PORE DENSITIES; SIMFUEL; WAVE VELOCITY; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPES; ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ELASTICITY; FISSION PRODUCTS; FUELS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; INDENTATION; OXYGEN; SPENT FUELS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; URANIUM;

ELASTIC MODULI;

EID: 80054871162     PISSN: 00223115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2011.09.010     Document Type: Article

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