Thorium and its compounds (carbides and nitrides) are being investigated as possible
materials to be used as nuclear fuels for Generation-IV reactors. As a first step in the …

A Systematic study of defects and incorporation of xenon (Xe) and zirconium (Zr) fission
products in uranium diboride (UB 2) has been investigated using density functional theory …

Single crystals of ThO2, UO2, and their solid solutions, UxTh1–xO2, have been obtained
through various hydrothermal growth conditions. This technique offers the better of two other …

Protactinium contamination is a mayor issue in the thorium fuel cycle. We investigate, in this
work, the consequences of Pa incorporation in vacancy defects and interstitials in Th, ThC …

The 2011 accident at the Fukushima-Daiichi power station following the earthquake and
tsunami in Japan put renewed emphasis on increasing the accident tolerance of nuclear …

Actinide carbides, like ThC and UC, have been widely studied in recent years, on the
contrary, protactinium carbide has merited less attention. One issue of PaC that has not …

Due to the potential utilization of ZrC in advanced nuclear reactors, it is important to
understand the behavior of intrinsic defects and fission gas products. In this study, the …

Oxygen incorporation in nuclear fuel materials is an important issue deserving investigation
due to its influence on thermophysical and structural properties. Even if there has been a …