Computational study of protactinium incorporation effects in Th and Th compounds

Protactinium contamination is a mayor issue in the thorium fuel cycle. We investigate, in this work, the consequences of Pa incorporation in vacancy defects and interstitials in Th, ThC and ThN. We calculate charge transfers and lattice distortions due to these incorporations as well as migration pa...

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Main Authors: D. Pérez Daroca, A.M. Llois, H.O. Mosca
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-10-01
Series:Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1738573319306527