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Molecular Dynamics Simulation of the Trajectory of a Recoil Nucleus in a Simplified Nuclear Glass

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 September 2012

J. M. Delaye  and
D. Ghaleb
J. M. Delaye
Affiliation:
Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA) Centre d Etudes de Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
D. Ghaleb
Affiliation:
Commissariat à l Energie Atomique (CEA) Centre d Etudes de la Vallée du Rhône, BP 171, F-30207 Bagnols-sur-Cèze Cedex, France
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Abstract

In a simplified (SiO2, B2O3, Na2O, Al2O3, ZrO2) glass, corresponding to the basic matrix for the French nuclear waste containment glass, the authors developed a molecular dynamics simulation of the atom displacement cascades resulting from a disintegration of the actinides. After simulating the secondary cascades resulting from the first atoms displaced by a collision with a recoil nucleus, an actinide (U) was added to the model and the cascade produced by accelerating this type of atom was explicitly investigated, notably to observe the morphological evolution of the cascades and the resulting changes in the glass structure.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 465: Symposium II – Scienfific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XX , 1996 , 633
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

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