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Atomistic simulation of helium diffusion and clustering in plutonium dioxide

Published:2022 Issue:35 Volume:24 Page:20709-20720
ISSN:1463-9076
Container-title:Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
language:en
Short-container-title:Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.

Author:

Murray Elanor¹^ORCID,Zhou Ying²^ORCID,Slater Peter¹^ORCID,Smith Roger²^ORCID,Goddard Pooja²^ORCID,Steele Helen³

Affiliation:

1. School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

2. School of Science, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK

3. Sellafield Ltd, Sellafield, Cumbria, UK

Abstract

Helium atoms diffuse via oxygen vacancies in PuO2. Helium atoms will migrate to growing helium clusters, the maximum He : vacancy ratio of a stable helium cluster is approximately 3.5 : 1.

Funder

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

Nuclear Decommissioning Authority

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

Physical and Theoretical Chemistry,General Physics and Astronomy

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2022/CP/D2CP02244C

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