1967 Volume 4 Issue 3 Pages 143-148
Sintered UO2 pellets irradiated at high temperature to a burnup of 2, 700 MWD/T-UO2 were studied by replica electron microscopy. The as-irradiated pellet surfaces were covered by a thin layer easily soluble in dilute acid. This layer apparently was deposited as a sublimate during irradiation. The etched surfaces of the irradiated specimens were uniformly dispersed with flat circular domes about 1μ in diameter, constituted of precipitates resistant to etching solution, apparently a mixture of fission products and UO2. On the surface of each dome were several "sprout" precipitates 0.1 to 0.3μ in diameter, and almost immune to chemical etchant.
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