First-Principles Investigation of Helium Incorporation Effects on the Structural Stability and Electrochemical Performance of Thorium-Based Mixed Oxide Nuclear Fuels.

Lin Zhu, Shi Zhao, Ziyu Cheng, Shiqi Sheng, Yibao Liu, Qianglin Wei, Bao-Tian Wang

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Article in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Lin ZhuSchool of Nuclear Science and Engineering, East China University of Technology, Nanchang 330013, China.

Shi ZhaoSchool of Nuclear Science and Engineering, East China University of Technology, Nanchang 330013, China.

Ziyu ChengSchool of Nuclear Science and Engineering, East China University of Technology, Nanchang 330013, China.

Shiqi ShengSchool of Nuclear Science and Engineering, East China University of Technology, Nanchang 330013, China.

Yibao LiuSchool of Nuclear Science and Engineering, East China University of Technology, Nanchang 330013, China.

Qianglin WeiSchool of Nuclear Science and Engineering, East China University of Technology, Nanchang 330013, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6645-2574

Bao-Tian WangInstitute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing 100049, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4032-3344

Funding

Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation of Guangdong Province 2024A1515010484East China University of Technology DHYC-2025011National Natural Science Foundation of China 12574028National Natural Science Foundation of China U2330104Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province 20242BAB25048

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Abstract

Helium accumulation is a major contributor to swelling, gas release, and mechanical degradation in oxide nuclear fuels under irradiation. This study employs first-principles density functional theory (DFT) to investigate helium behavior in thorium-based mixed oxide (MOX) fuels. A series of (Th

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elastic propertieselectronic structurefirst-principles calculationshelium incorporationthermal expansionthorium-based nuclear fuels

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PMID42795052

DOI10.3390/ma19183828

PMCPMC13608574

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