Author/Authors :
Corcoran، نويسنده , , E.C. and Lewis، نويسنده , , B.J. and Thompson، نويسنده , , W.T. and Hood، نويسنده , , J. and Akbari، نويسنده , , F. and He، نويسنده , , Z. and Reid، نويسنده , , P.، نويسنده ,
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.
