Interrelationship between thermal and electrical conductivity of (Dy,Zr)N solid solution simulating nitride fuel for MA transmutation

Takaki, Seiya  ; Takano, Masahide 

Nitride fuel with ZrN matrix have been studied for transmutation of minor actinide (MA). These are supposed to be designed as ZrN solid solution or TiN compounds with MA nitride from 20 mol% to 40 mol%. From the above, composition and temperature dependence of thermal conductivity for safety evaluation of the fuel have been studied with a little of MA. In future, it is important to understand the heat conduction mechanism in detail when evaluating irradiation effect on thermal conductivity. In the present study, we are aimed to clarify composition and temperature dependence of thermal conductivity of DyZrN solid solution as surrogate nitride fuel with MA in order to understand the dependence of the MA nitride fuel physically.