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.

Keywords: Melting temperature; MOX fuel; laser melting

Domains: Physics [physics]; Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex]; Physics [physics]; Nuclear Theory [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⟩