Alpha-particle irradiation effects on uranium-bearing Gd₂Zr₂O₇ ceramics for nuclear waste forms

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• 作者：Xiaoyan Shu^a ; Long Fan^a ; Yi Xie^a ; Weidong Zhu^a ; Sheqi Pan^b ; Yi Ding^a ; Fangting Chi^a ; Yanlin Wu^c ; Xirui Lu^a ; ^b ; ^{luxiruimvp116@163.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}
• 关键词：Waste forms ; Ion irradiation ; Uranium ; Gd2Zr2O7
• 刊名：Journal of the European Ceramic Society
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：37
• 期：2
• 页码：779-785
• 全文大小：3965 K

文摘

It is necessary to study the self-irradiation effects of nuclear waste forms under α-decay in the long term storage. In the present work, accelerated irradiation experiments were performed on (Gd_1-4xU_2x)₂(Zr_1-xU_x)₂O₇ (x = 0, 0.10, 0.14) samples using 0.5 MeV alpha-particle irradiation at fluences ranging from 1 × 10¹⁴ to 1 × 10¹⁷ ions/cm² at room temperature. Irradiation induced microstructural evolution was examined by grazing incidence X-ray diffraction (GIXRD), Raman spectroscopy and Field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM). The results show that the main crystal structure is kept, however, weaker structural ordering is leaded as a result of intensified irradiation. And the radiation resistance is enhanced by the growing uranium content in the discussed range. Moreover, the irradiation effects as a function of depth have been discussed. Raman spectra reveal that the vibration intensity of atomic bonds are changed due to increased irradiation. In addition, the microtopography and element distribution have been kept after irradiation.