Multiscale, mechanistic modeling of irradiation-enhanced silver diffusion in TRISO particles

PCA Simon, JH Ke, C Jiang, LK Aagesen… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2025 - Elsevier
Tristructural isotropic (TRISO) particles are under consideration for use in several proposed
advanced nuclear reactor concepts. The silicon carbide (SiC) layer in TRISO acts as a …

Microstructure evolution of iron precipitates in (Fe, He)-irradiated 6H-SiC: A combined TEM and multiscale modeling

N Daghbouj, AT AlMotasem, J Vesely, BS Li… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microstructure of radiation-induced Iron phases were investigated in a 6H-SiC subjected to
Iron and Helium bombardment with a damage level of 8 dpa. The microstructural evolution …

Thermal behavior of iron in 6H-SiC: influence of He-induced defects

BS Li, HS Sen, N Daghbouj, AT AlMotasem, J Lorinčík… - Scripta Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
SiC is considered a perspective material in advanced nuclear systems as well as for
electronic or spintronic applications, which require an ion implantation process. In this …

Mechanistic calculation of the effective silver diffusion coefficient in polycrystalline silicon carbide: Application to silver release in AGR-1 TRISO particles

PCA Simon, LK Aagesen, C Jiang, W Jiang… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2022 - Elsevier
The silicon carbide (SiC) layer in tristructural isotropic (TRISO) fuel particles serves as a
barrier to prevent the escape of fission products produced and not retained in the fuel kernel …

Ag diffusion in SiC high-energy grain boundaries: Kinetic Monte Carlo study with first-principle calculations

H Ko, J Deng, I Szlufarska, D Morgan - Computational Materials Science, 2016 - Elsevier
The diffusion of silver (Ag) impurities in high energy grain boundaries (HEGBs) of cubic (3C)
silicon carbide (SiC) is studied using an ab initio based kinetic Monte Carlo (kMC) model …

Healing internal cracks of C/C-SiC composite with AgCu alloy for improving C/C-SiC/Ti60 joint performance: Cu-assisted Ag transport in polycrystalline SiC

K Zhao, X Li, D Liu, T Xiao, X Song - Journal of Manufacturing Processes, 2025 - Elsevier
In this work, a strategy for rapidly healing internal cracks of C/C-SiC composite was
developed. Long cracks were effectively healed following treating the composite with AgCu …

Electron microscopy study of Pd, Ag, and Cs in carbon areas in the locally corroded SiC layer in a neutron-irradiated TRISO fuel particle

H Wen, IJ van Rooyen, JD Hunn, TJ Gerczak - Journal of the European …, 2018 - Elsevier
A detailed electron microscopy study was performed on focused ion beam-prepared
lamellae from different locations relative to a crack across the inner pyrolytic carbon layer of …

Assessment of SiC-CMC compatibility with components of actinide fuel systems

TJ Gerczak, JW McMurray - Annals of Nuclear Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Silicon carbide (SiC) fiber reinforced SiC ceramic matrix composites (CMC) represent an
alternative cladding material for accident tolerant fuel light water reactor (LWR) applications …

Effect of swift heavy ions irradiation on the migration behavior of strontium implanted into polycrystalline SiC

HAA Abdelbagi, VA Skuratov, SV Motloung… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The influence of swift heavy ions (SHIs) irradiation on the microstructure and the migration
behavior of strontium (Sr) implanted into polycrystalline SiC were investigated using …

Ab initio study of interstitial helium clusters in 3C-SiC

S Zhao, G Ran, F Li, H Deng, F Gao - Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2019 - Elsevier
Ab initio calculations were carried out to investigate the behaviors of interstitial He n clusters
in 3C-SiC. Based on the simulation and experimental results of SiC, we considered two …