Journal of Nuclear Materials

Papers
(The TQCC of Journal of Nuclear Materials is 7. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
Response of oxide nano-particles to helium ion irradiation in oxide dispersion strengthened steels with CeO2 and Y2O3 additions164
Elevated tritium diffusion barrier from varied segregation strengths in Li4TiO4 (1–10) grain boundary122
Ab initio study of neutral point defect properties in 6H-SiC based on the SCAN functional68
Corrigendum to “Non-electric mass transfer between stainless steel 316H and glassy carbon in NaF-KF-UF4 salt” [Journal of Nuclear Materials 604 (2025) 155534]60
Radiation damage study of POCO ZXF-5Q graphite for neutrino production targets using 4.5 MeV helium ions56
Investigating the interactions between hydrotalcite and U(IV) nanoparticulates54
In-situ TEM characterization of dislocation loops in tungsten under simultaneous helium and hydrogen irradiation54
The role of microstructural evolution in irradiation hardening of Alloy 718 under low dose proton irradiation54
Crack self-healing by high-temperature annealing of a 90W7Ni3Fe tungsten heavy alloy54
Neutron flux impact on rate of expansion of quartz53
Dispersed barrier hardening modeling on depth-distributed helium bubbles in iron-based alloys52
Insight into threshold creep behaviour in Zr-2.5Nb alloy50
Fracture behavior and grain boundary cohesion of alumina scales formed on ion-irradiated FeCrAl-ODS alloy49
Radiation damage of Ceria and Ceria-gadolinia mixed oxides: effect of the Gd content and Ion stopping power45
New insights into the carburization and tensile behavior of superalloys Inconel 617 and Incoloy 800H in helium containing trace methane at 950 °C44
Ab initio study of helium in titanium beryllides42
Systematic experimental and model-based evaluation of the synergistic effects of alloy composition and damage rate on the formation of Cr-rich precipitates in Fe–Cr–Al alloys under ion irradiation40
Hydrogen permeability of non-stoichiometric tungsten oxides40
Effect of the cycle number on fretting wear behavior of alloy 690TT tube in high-temperature pressurized water39
An improved analysis of small punch deformation for evaluating tensile properties39
Measurement of local mechanical properties for Cr-coated accident tolerant fuel cladding39
Evaluation of the anisotropic grain boundaries and surfaces of α-U via molecular dynamics38
Positron annihilation study of the reactor pressure vessel model steels irradiated in the high flux reactor37
Correlation between impact angle and corrosion-erosion damage behavior of ferritic/martensitic steel exposed to flowing oxygen-saturated lead-bismuth eutectic36
Diffusion behavior of oxygen in the electro-deoxidation of uranium oxide in LiCl-rich melt35
Modelling the brittle-to-ductile transition of high-purity tungsten under neutron irradiation35
Parameterization of vacancy production rate in phase-field models of fission gas bubble evolution in nuclear fuel34
Characterization of modeling and experimental data inconsistencies from burst testing for high-burnup commercial fuel rod applications34
High temperature oxidation of cold spray Cr-coated accident tolerant zirconium-alloy cladding with Nb diffusion barrier layer34
Exploring the inhibitory effect of WTaVCr high-entropy alloys on hydrogen retention: From dissolution, diffusion to desorption34
Hydrogen diffusion in zirconium cladding alloys with an inner liner as quantified by neutron radiography and nanoindentation33
Efficient atomistic simulations of radiation damage in W and W–Mo using machine-learning potentials33
Parametrization of embedded-atom method potential for liquid lithium and lead-lithium eutectic alloy32
Self–ion irradiation of high purity iron: Unveiling plasticity mechanisms through nanoindentation experiments and large-scale atomistic simulations32
Manufacturing porous U10Zr fuels with controlled porosities by SPS and thermal properties31
Editorial Board31
Grain growth kinetics of the gamma phase metallic uranium30
Evaluation of the delayed hydrogen cracking behavior and the hydrogen diffusion coefficient for different microstructures of the Zr-2.5%Nb alloy29
Editorial Board29
Precipitation of Cr-rich clusters in Fe-Cr alloys: Effects of irradiation from first principles modeling and experimental observations29
On the origin of the hydride precipitation-dissolution hysteresis in zirconium: Comments on Short Communication of G.A. McRae and C.E. Coleman published in Journal of Nuclear Materials 568 (2022) 153829
Stability of 100 dislocations formed in W28
Inelastic collision effects of high-energy neutrons in tungsten materials28
Editorial Board28
A laboratory-scale process for producing dilithium beryllium tetrafluoride (FLiBe) with dissolved uranium tetrafluoride27
Editorial Board27
Evaluation of several conditioning matrices for the management of radioactive metal beryllium wastes27
Microstructural analysis of tristructural isotropic particles in high-temperature steam mixed gas atmospheres27
Micro-cantilever beam experiments and modeling in porous polycrystalline UO226
Anisotropy in the elasticity of α-U from first-principles calculations and nanoindentation26
A novel type of core-shell structured secondary phase particles in Ge-addition modified Zircaloy-4 alloy subjected to β-phase region solution treatment26
X-ray diffraction line profile analysis of defects in neutron-irradiated austenitic stainless steels at low displacement damage levels26
Behavior of FeCrAl-ODS cladding tube under loss-of-coolant accident conditions26
Critical comment to Letter to the Editor of G.A. McRae and C.E. Coleman published in Journal of Nuclear Materials 556 (2021) 15316925
Editorial Board25
Investigation of γ-25
Analytical models for predicting the behavior of the Fukushima fuel debris during laboratory tests and long-term storage25
Editorial Board25
Modelling of defective CANDU fuel phenomena24
First principles calculations of cohesive energy of fission-product-segregated grain boundary of UO224
The microstructure effects on irradiation response of ferritic – martensitic steels24
Effects of different silicon content on irradiation defects and hardening in 9Cr ferritic/martensitic steel24
Improved doping and densification of uranium oxide microspheres using starch as pore former24
Triple ion beam irradiation of glass-ceramic materials for nuclear fusion technology24
A fusion relevant data-driven engineering void swelling model for 9Cr tempered martensitic steels24
Oriented intra-granular bubble transport due to coupling of pinned bubble growth and dislocation climb24
Editorial Board24
Editorial Board24
Diffusion controlled hydrolysis in geopolymers under gamma irradiation24
Interface evolution and corrosion performance of (TiTaNbZrNi)N HEA coatings with a hybrid architecture under 6 MeV Au-ion irradiation23
Effect of prior microstructure on carbide precipitation in a Cr-Mo-V pressure vessel steel at 650 °C23
Influence of point defect accumulation on in-pile thermal conductivity degradation: Fuel rod defect distribution and deviation between in-pile and post irradiation thermal conductivity23
Equation of state for helium-xenon gas mixture studied by molecular dynamics simulations23
Fast densification of dense nano-grained Gd2Zr2O7 ceramic prepared by two-step microwave sintering23
Molecular dynamics investigation of dislocation-hydrogen/helium interactions in tungsten23
Focused Ion Beam induced hydride formation does not affect Fe, Ni, Cr-clusters in irradiated Zircaloy-223
Towards understanding the mechanism of titanium suppressing vacancy clustering/void nucleation in vanadium alloy22
Numerical simulation of deuterium retention in tungsten under ELM-like conditions22
No ball milling needed: Alternative ODS steel manufacturing with gas atomization reaction synthesis (GARS) and friction-based processing22
A high-entropy alloy nitride protective coating for fuel cladding in high temperature lead-bismuth eutectic alloy22
Steam oxidation of Cr-coated zirconium alloy claddings at 1200 °C: Kinetics transition and failure mechanism of Cr coatings22
Effect of aging and α’ segregation on oxidation and electrochemical behavior of FeCrAl alloys22
Zirconium based neutron absorption material with outstanding corrosion resistance and mechanical properties22
Evolution of IFMIF-DONES' heart: System overview of the Test Cell22
Dose and dose rate dependence of precipitation in a series of surveillance RPV steels under ion and neutron irradiation22
Glass-bonded ceramic waste forms for immobilization of radioiodine from caustic scrubber wastes22
Effect of oxygen concentrations on the corrosion behavior of a duplex-phase FeNiCrCuAl high entropy alloy in supercritical water22
Ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) simulations of NaCl, UCl3 and 21
Multi-objective optimization design of TRISO-based fully ceramic microencapsulated fuel21
A correlation-based approach for evaluating mechanical properties of nuclear fuel cladding tubes21
Helium bubbles diffusion in aluminum: Influence of gas pressure21
Atomistic simulations of He bubbles in Beryllium21
Weldability of irradiated Stainless Steel 304 materials harvested from the National Research Universal (NRU) reactor21
Decontamination and solidification treatment on spent liquid scintillation cocktail21
Improving hydrogen isotope permeation resistance of (TiVAlCrZr)O multi-component metal oxide coating by O+ Ion implantation21
Cluster dynamics modeling of Mn-Ni-Si precipitates coupled with radiation-induced segregation in low-Cu reactor pressure vessel steels21
A comprehensive review on decontamination of irradiated graphite waste21
Cluster dynamics simulation of Zr hydrides formation on grain boundaries in Zr20
Radiation-induced segregation at grain boundaries of alloy 800H: Experimentally-informed atomistic simulations20
Effect of different Y components on optimization of dispersive Y2O3 particles in ODS-Cu20
Study of the volatilization of cesium and rhenium in the waste vitrification process20
Ion-irradiation-induced clustering in Fe-Mn-Ni-(Si) steels: Nucleation, growth and chemistry evolution20
Atomistic simulation of α-Fe(100)-lead-bismuth eutectic (LBE) solid-liquid interface20
Computational insights into the lattice dynamics of Pu(IV) oxalates19
Transmission electron microscopy characterization of the fuel-cladding chemical interactions in HT9 cladded U-10Zr fuel19
Vacancy accumulation mechanism at iron grain boundaries: The influence of grain boundary character and its coupling with grain size19
Characterization of Li-rich Li2TiO3 ceramic pebbles prepared by rolling method sintered in air and vacuum19
Radial hydride fraction with various rod internal pressures and hydrogen contents for Zr-Nb alloy cladding tube19
Effect of Re aggregation doping configurations on the thermal and mechanical properties of W-Re alloys: A molecular dynamics study19
Effects of Zr and/or Ti addition on the morphology, crystal and metal/oxide interface structures of nanoparticles in FeCrAl-ODS steels19
Reply to S. Wang's comments (Journal of Nuclear Materials 570 (2022) 153952) on short communication of G.A. McRae and C.E. Coleman published in Journal of Nuclear Materials 568 (2022) 15388919
Uniform oxidation in steam and nodular corrosion in gas phase of Zr-2.5Nb pressure tube material - effect of nature of initial oxide19
Development of an image analysis code for hydrided Zircaloy using Dijkstra's algorithm and sensitivity analysis of radial hydride continuous path19
A novel protocol to recycle zirconium from zirconium alloy cladding from used nuclear fuel rods19
Radiation damage accumulation mechanisms at iron grain boundaries revealed by coupled atomic and coarse-grained simulations via the parameter-passing and structural feedback19
Editorial Board19
Formation of helical dislocations mediated by interstitials in ion irradiated FeCrAl alloy19
Investigation of neutron irradiated W/CuCrZr joints18
Evaluation of the thermal conductivity of chromium coatings for accident tolerant fuels using thermoreflectance techniques18
Enhancement of oxidation resistance of Cr/CrN composite coating on Zr-4 surface by high lattice-matched interfacial Engineering18
Effect of surface state of austenitic type 304L SS on oxide characteristics formed in high temperature high pressure water18
Towards atomistic modelling of solid Pb-O formation and dissolution in liquid lead coolant: Interatomic potential development18
Effect of scratch depth on high cycle fatigue behavior of Alloy 690TT stream generator tube18
Dry in-pile fracture test (DRIFT) for separate-effects validation of ceramic fuel fracture models18
Hydrogen-enhanced oxidation of ferrite phase in stainless steel cladding and the contribution to stress corrosion cracking in deaerated high temperature water18
An application of the DEM-FFT method to predict the thermal conductivity of high burnup fragmented fuel18
Corrigendum to “Thermal corrosion behavior of Inconel 693, Hastelloy N and 310S in ceramic waste forming reactions” [J. Nucl. Mater. 603(2025)155416]18
Transmission electron microscopy investigation of phase transformation and fuel constituent redistribution in neutron irradiated U-10wt.%Zr fuel18
Defect evolution under intense electronic energy deposition in uranium dioxide18
Incipient corrosion of FeCrAl alloys in H3BO3- and LiOH-containing pure water at 360 °C and 18.5 MPa18
Dislocation loop coarsening and shape evolution upon annealing neutron-irradiated RAFM steel18
A new interatomic potential of W-Ni-Fe systems for point defects and mechanical property studies18
Improved approaches for small punch test to estimate the yield and ultimate tensile strength of metallic materials18
Determining reference standard strength for neutron-irradiated reduced activation ferritic/martensitic steel F82H by Bayesian method18
The effect of sample thickness on micro-mesoscale tensile properties of 304SS, HT-9, and CuCrZr18
Interaction between an edge dislocation and faceted voids in body-centered cubic Fe18
Raman spectroscopy of uranium nitride kernels18
Molecular dynamics studies of helium bubble effects on grain boundary fracture vulnerabilities in an Fe70Ni11Cr19–1%H austenitic stainless steel18
Characteristics of oxide-dispersion strengthened alloys produced by high-temperature severe deformation18
Development of GD-containing austenitic stainless steel18
Nano-micrometer scale characterization of PWSCC crack tips in the transition zone of 52M overlay and the implication to intergranular cracking17
Highly efficient energy and mass transfer in bcc metals by supersonic 2-crowdions17
Editorial Board17
Modeling of the thermomechanical behavior of braided SiCf/SiC composite cladding tube during irradiation17
Microstructural evolution of the Cr/FeCrAl coated Zircaloy-4 under simulated PWR and high-temperature steam oxidation environments17
Thermophysical properties of UO2-ZrO2 melt measured by aerodynamic levitation17
Improvement in the hydrothermal corrosion resistance of Ti-based nitride coatings by adding Cr for accident tolerant fuel cladding applications17
He irradiation resistance performance in CrNiCo, CrFeNiCo, and CrFeMnNiCo multi-principal element alloys17
Exploring the longevity of geopolymer waste forms co-hosting cationic and anionic radionuclides: A mechanistic investigation17
Impact of the microstructure on the swelling of aluminum alloys: Characterization and modelling bases17
Mechanical and high-temperature steam oxidation properties of Cr coatings deposited via high-power impulse magnetron sputtering17
On the theory of the nucleation of gas bubbles at grain boundaries and incoherent inclusions17
Statistical fracture behavior of doped UO2 using a ball-on-ring equibiaxial flexure test method17
Simulation of uranium mononitride spent fuel: A thermodynamic approach16
Experimental investigation and constitutive material modelling of low cycle fatigue of EUROFER97 for fusion applications16
On the stable/metastable nature of the γ-hydride phase in Zircaloy-2: Microstructural characterization by electron diffraction, electron energy-loss spectroscopy, and diffraction line profile analysis16
Helium migration in Zr-Nb multilayers under electric field16
First-principles investigation of the thermophysical properties of NaCl, PuCl3, and NaCl-PuCl3 Molten salts16
Shock response of He bubble in single crystal tungsten: molecular dynamics simulation study16
Formation and stability of the early stage solute and defect clusters in Cu-free ferritic steels during irradiation16
Characterizing accelerated precipitation in proton irradiated steel16
Effect of hydrogen gas and leaching solution on the fast release of fission products from two PWR fuels16
First-principles analysis of intergranular fracture in UN by Σ5(210) grain boundary segregated Xe and vacancy16
Integrated simulation of U-10Mo monolithic fuel swelling behavior16
Corrigendum to ‘Modeling injected interstitial effects on void swelling in self-ion irradiation experiments’ [Journal of Nuclear Materials 471 (2016) 200 – 207]16
Controlled current-rate AC flash sintering of uranium dioxide16
Predicting zeolites’ stability during the corrosion of nuclear waste immobilization glasses: Comparison with glass corrosion experiments16
Calculation of grain boundary diffusion coefficients in γU-Mo using atomistic simulations16
Microstructural characterization of U-20Pu-10Zr-4Sb and U-20Pu-10Zr-4Sb-4Ln16
The incorporation of xenon at point defects and bubbles in uranium mononitride16
Suppression of helium migration in arc-melted and 3D-printed CoCrFeMnNi high entropy alloy16
Post-irradiation annealing of neutron-irradiated EUROFER9716
Challenges and opportunities to alloyed and composite fuel architectures to mitigate high uranium density fuel oxidation: uranium silicide16
Development of geopolymer based sacrificial materials for GEN IV severe accident mitigation16
Manufacturing porous U-10Zr metallic fuels with controllable microstructure by volume control spark plasma sintering16
Dynamic behavior of helium bubbles in Fe9Cr1.5W0.4Si F/M steel at elevated temperature16
Additive manufacturing technologies for EUROFER97 components16
Assessing Li accommodation at amorphous ZrO2 grain boundaries16
Helium ion irradiation-induced damage of powder metallurgy-hot isostatic pressed Ni-based alloy GH3535 for molten salt reactor applications16
The infiltration behavior and chemical compatibility of molten lead-bismuth eutectic in nuclear graphite at elevated temperature16
Athermal evolution of nanocrystalline tungsten driven by irradiation16
Effect of Irradiation on Ni-Inconel/Incoloy Heterostructures in Multimetallic Layered Composites16
Understanding radiation effects in friction stir welded MA956 using ion irradiation and a rate theory model15
Highly stable nanocrystalline oxide dispersion strengthened alloys with outstanding helium bubble suppression15
Comparison of PM-HIP to forged SA508 pressure vessel steel under high-dose neutron irradiation15
Postirradiation characterization of palladium as an additive for fuel cladding chemical interaction mitigation in metallic fuel15
He nanobubble driven W surface growth during low-energy He ion irradiations15
The effects of Ti content and quenching on phase transformations, microstructures, and mechanical properties in uranium-titanium alloys15
Accelerated statistical failure analysis of multifidelity TRISO fuel models15
Dose and compositional dependence of irradiation-induced property change in FeCr15
Insight into the interfacial microstructure and chemistry of hot isostatically pressed AA6061-AA6061 bonds for U-10Mo fuel cladding application15
Prior implantation of hydrogen as a mechanism to delay helium bubbles, blistering, and exfoliation in titanium15
Monitoring the gradual change in oxidation state during surface oxidation or reduction of uranium oxides by photoemission spectroscopy of the 5f states15
A linked-scale coupled model of mass erosion and redistribution in plasma-exposed micro-foam surfaces15
Experimental and numerical study on multiaxial creep behavior of 16MND5 steel at 700℃15
Characterization and ion-irradiation studies of typical microstructures in nuclear graphite15
MD simulation of interactions of atomic displacement cascades with β-Nb precipitates in a zirconium matrix15
Predictions of the full-life pressurised water stress corrosion cracking behaviour of 690 weld joints15
Microstructure evolution of magnetite layer on CLAM steel exposed to lead-bismuth eutectic containing 10−6 wt% oxygen at 500 °C15
Lithium/titanium ratio: A key factor on crystal structure and mechanical properties of lithium titanate pebbles for tritium breeder15
In-situ ion irradiation study of alloy 709 stainless steels with different processing histories15
Proton irradiation effects in Molybdenum-Carbide-Graphite composites15
Metallothermic reduction of Cerium Chloride in molten Salt using Li, Na, and Ca Metal15
Modeling fission gas release at the mesoscale using multiscale DenseNet regression with attention mechanism and inception blocks15
Degradation behavior of chromium-coated zirconium cladding under 1200 oC steam oxidation according to the coating microstructure15
Study of the corrosion characteristics of 304 and 316L stainless steel in the static liquid lithium15
Hydrogen isotope permeation and retention behavior in the RAFM steel manufactured by laser powder bed fusion15
Development of a U-19Pu-10Zr fuel performance benchmark case based on the IFR-1 experiment15
Burst characteristics of advanced accident-tolerant FeCrAl cladding under temperature transient testing15
Defects evolution induced by Fe and He ions irradiation in Ti3AlC215
A combined rate theory-population balance model of the evolution of irradiation-induced helium bubbles in metals during annealing14
Microstructural evolution in tungsten binary alloys under proton and self-ion irradiations at 800 °C14
Effect of temperature on apparent crack arrest toughness of Eurofer97 measured by a newly developed small specimen test technique14
Demonstration of an integrated-heating load frame for quantitatively assessing microscale tensile properties of copper and Zircaloy-214
Quantitative in-situ investigation of dislocation loop motion in Fe9Cr1.5W ferritic/martensitic steel under the coupling effects of constant stress and irradiation14
Pore structure development of oxidized nuclear graphite14
A comprehensive study on the phase composition, mechanical properties and stability of Li4SiO4-Li2ZrO3 biphasic ceramics14
Formation and characterization of hydride rim structures in Zircaloy-4 nuclear fuel cladding tubes14
Effect of multiple Ti doping on helium behavior in ZrCo14
Effect of composition on the corrosion behavior of 24 statistically-designed alkali-borosilicate waste glasses14
Plasticity improvement and radiation hardening reduction of Y doped V-4Cr-4Ti alloy14
Tensile fracture behavior and texture evolution of a hot-rolled W–Y2(Zr)O3 alloy14
Investigation of ion irradiation effects on mineral analogues of concrete aggregates14
Determining the diffusion behavior of point defects in zirconium by a multiscale modelling approach14
Phase decomposition of oxide film of flow accelerated corroded F82H steel under high-temperature iron irradiation14
Micromechanical modeling of single crystal and polycrystalline UO2 at elevated temperatures14
Voltammetry measurements in lithium chloride-lithium oxide (LiCl–Li2O) salt: An evaluation of working electrode materials14
Nanopore graphene-tungsten composite with enhanced irradiated helium atoms storage capacity14
Short communication: The effects of ageing and storage environment on the oxidation response of uranium nitride (UN) powders14
Interaction of krypton and xenon with sodium and activated charcoal: Identification and modeling using gas chromatography and density functional theory14
Mesoscale modeling of the effects of accelerated burnup on UO2 microstructural evolution14
Thermal ratcheting of uranium simulated with a thermo-elasto-visco-plastic self-consistent polycrystal model14
Low cycle fatigue of EUROFER97 investigated for test blanket modules of ITER: An interlaboratory study14
On the influence of microstructure on the neutron irradiation response of HIPed SA508 steel for nuclear applications14
Tungsten fiber-reinforced tungsten composites and their thermal stability14
Effect of temperature on the fretting wear behavior of Cr-coated Zircaloy cladding in high-temperature pressurized water14
KCl-UCl3 molten salts investigated by Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics (AIMD) simulations: A comparative study with three dispersion models13
Hydrogen embrittlement of bulk W-0.5 wt% ZrC alloy induced by annealing in hydrogen atmosphere13
Evolution of δ ferrite in a CF3 cast stainless steel upon neutron irradiation to 3, 5, 10, 20, and 40 dpa13
Investigation on the failure mechanistic evolution of fretting corrosion of Alloy 690 with increasing cycles in high-temperature water13
Chloride-induced stress corrosion cracking in Austenitic steels for SNF storage canisters - Recent understanding and advances in mitigation and repair13
On the interactions of interstitial helium atom with helium bubble in tungsten: A molecular dynamics study13
A first-principles study on the early-stage corrosion of a NiWNb alloy in a chloride salt environment13
Deuterium transport and retention properties of representative fusion blanket structural materials13
Uranium–plutonium–oxygen phase diagram: Investigating the solvus of fluorite's exsolution13
The dynamic response of He bubble in bicrystal copper under uniaxial compression and tension13
Effect of ultrasonic impact peening on stress corrosion cracking resistance of austenitic stainless-steel welds for nuclear canister applications13
Radiation-induced effects in self-passivating W-Cr-Y alloy13
Corrosion behavior of a series of combinatorial physical vapor deposition coatings on SiC in a simulated boiling water reactor environment13
Influence of Ni-Mn contents on the embrittlement of PWR RPV model steels irradiated to high fluences relevant for LTO beyond 60 years13
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