Melting behavior of MOX under air.

M. Strach (1) , R. Belin (1) , D. Manara (2) , J. Rogez (3)

1 CEA-DES (ex-DEN) - CEA-Direction des Energies (ex-Direction de l'Energie Nucléaire)
2 JRC - European Commission - Joint Research Centre [Geel]
3 IM2NP - Institut des Matériaux, de Microélectronique et des Nanosciences de Provence

A description of a series of laser heating experiments on MOX with various Pu content under Air. The aim was to determine the melting temeperature dependence on Pu content in the oxidizing atmosphere.

Mots clés: Melting temperature; MOX fuel; laser melting

Domaines: Physique Nucléaire Expérimentale [nucl-ex]; Physique Nucléaire Théorique [nucl-th]

M. Strach, R. Belin, D. Manara, J. Rogez. Melting behavior of MOX under air.. E-MRS 2015 Spring Meeting, May 2015, Lille, France. ⟨cea-02509086⟩