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TY - JOUR
T1 - Pipe diffusion at dislocations in UO2
AU - Murphy, Samuel
AU - Jay, Eleanor
AU - Grimes, Robin
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - We present the results of a combination of static and dynamic simulations employing empirical potentials, investigating the structures of dislocations in UO2 and show how the dislocation core structureinfluences the rate of O2- and U4+ diffusion along the dislocation (i.e. pipe diffusion). In the region imme-diately surrounding the dislocations there is a significant reduction in the activation energies and diffu-sion coefficients for O2- and U4+ diffusion, however only out to a cylindrical radius of 20 Å from thedislocation centre. The contribution of pipe diffusion to the overall O2- and U4+ diffusion is also discussed.
AB - We present the results of a combination of static and dynamic simulations employing empirical potentials, investigating the structures of dislocations in UO2 and show how the dislocation core structureinfluences the rate of O2- and U4+ diffusion along the dislocation (i.e. pipe diffusion). In the region imme-diately surrounding the dislocations there is a significant reduction in the activation energies and diffu-sion coefficients for O2- and U4+ diffusion, however only out to a cylindrical radius of 20 Å from thedislocation centre. The contribution of pipe diffusion to the overall O2- and U4+ diffusion is also discussed.
U2 - 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2013.12.029
DO - 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2013.12.029
M3 - Journal article
VL - 447
SP - 143
EP - 149
JO - Journal of Nuclear Materials
JF - Journal of Nuclear Materials
SN - 0022-3115
ER -