| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1568740 | Journal of Nuclear Materials | 2009 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Burnable neutron absorbing materials are expected to be an integral part of the new fuel design for the Advanced CANDU®[CANDU is as a registered trademark of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited.] Reactor. The neutron absorbing material is composed of gadolinia and dysprosia dissolved in an inert cubic-fluorite yttria-stabilized zirconia matrix. A thermodynamic model based on Gibbs energy minimization has been created to provide estimated phase equilibria as a function of composition and temperature. This work includes some supporting experimental studies involving X-ray diffraction.
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Authors
E.C. Corcoran, B.J. Lewis, W.T. Thompson, J. Hood, F. Akbari, Z. He, P. Reid,