Thermodynamic assessment of the Pu-U, Pu-Zr, and Pu-U-Zr systems

Masaki Kurata

Calphad 23 (3-4) 305-337 (1999) · Elsevier BV

DOI: 10.1016/s0364-5916(00)00004-3

Data: JSON record · id doi:10.1016/s0364-5916(00)00004-3 · metadata: crossref

Roles in ORCHID

• read by ORCHID (values extracted): 14 released values
• assessment behind a TDB file: PuU-99Kur.tdb (Pu–U), PuZr-99Kur.tdb (Pu–Zr)
• original evaluation behind an assessed (handbook) diagram: Pu–U, Pu–Zr
• discovery lead (found by Crossref assessment discovery, not read): rank 2043, score 53; systems named in title: Pu–U–Zr

Systems

Pu–U, Pu–Zr, Pu–U–Zr

Evidence in ORCHID

14 values read from this paper (14 accepted), from 2 tables and 0 text passages.

Phase-registry phases citing it: phase:pu-u:a20-orthorhombic, phase:pu-u:a6-tetragonal, phase:pu-u:bcc-a2, phase:pu-u:fcc-a1, phase:pu-u:hcp-a3, phase:pu-u:liquid, phase:pu-u:pu-alpha, phase:pu-u:pu-beta, phase:pu-u:pu-gamma, phase:pu-u:puu-eta, phase:pu-u:puu-zeta, phase:pu-u:u-tetragonal, phase:pu-zr:a6-tetragonal, phase:pu-zr:bcc-a2, phase:pu-zr:fcc-a1, phase:pu-zr:hcp-a3, phase:pu-zr:liquid, phase:pu-zr:pu-alpha, phase:pu-zr:pu-beta, phase:pu-zr:pu-gamma …

Availability

Read by ORCHID: yes (values_extracted, full_text_screened_for_origin). Open-access licence (Crossref license field): none deposited. Crossref is-referenced-by count: 90 (retrieved 2026-10-23).

Relations

Cited by (Crossref reference lists) (36)

• Thermodynamic Modeling of Nuclear Fuel Materials (2020) [crossref_reference_list]
• Thermodynamic Modeling of Nuclear Fuel Materials (2018) [crossref_reference_list]
• O-Pu-U (Oxygen-Plutonium-Uranium) (2007) [crossref_reference_list]
• O-Pu-Zr (Oxygen-Plutonium-Zirconium) (2007) [crossref_reference_list]
• Thermodynamic Database and the Phase Diagrams of the (U, Th, Pu)-X Binary Systems (2009) [crossref_reference_list]
• The Application of CALPHAD Calculations to Uranium-Based Metallic Nuclear Fuels (2018) [crossref_reference_list]
• Thermodynamic Assessment of the U-Ti-Zr System and Atomic Mobility of Its bcc Phase (2025) [crossref_reference_list]
• Thermodynamic modeling of the C–Pu–U system (2009) [crossref_reference_list]
• Investigation of the solid/liquid phase transitions in the U–Pu–O system (2023) [crossref_reference_list]
• The SGTE collection of binary datasets (2025) [crossref_reference_list]
• Thermodynamic assessments of the U–Ni and Th–Ni systems (2009) [crossref_reference_list]
• Phase relation assessment for O–Pu–U ternary system (2004) [crossref_reference_list]
• Density-functional study of Zr-based actinide alloys: 2. U–Pu–Zr system (2009) [crossref_reference_list]
• Computational study of atomic mobility for the bcc phase of the U–Pu–Zr ternary system (2010) [crossref_reference_list]
• Thermodynamic modelling of advanced oxide and carbide nuclear fuels: Description of the U–Pu–O–C systems (2011) [crossref_reference_list]
• Thermodynamic modeling of the U–Zr system – A revisit (2013) [crossref_reference_list]
• Thermodynamic assessment of the Th–U–Pu system (2014) [crossref_reference_list]
• Thermodynamic re-assessment of the Pu–U system and its application to the ternary Pu–U–Ga system (2014) [crossref_reference_list]
• The Pu–U–Am system: An ab initio informed CALPHAD thermodynamic study (2015) [crossref_reference_list]
• Contribution to the thermodynamic description of the corium – The U-Zr-O system (2018) [crossref_reference_list]
• Thermodynamic modelling of thoria-urania and thoria-plutonia fuels: Description of the Th-U-Pu-O quaternary system (2018) [crossref_reference_list]
• Thermochemically-informed mass transport model for interdiffusion of U and Zr in irradiated U-Pu-Zr fuel with fission products (2021) [crossref_reference_list]
• Analysis of metal fuel/cladding metallurgical interaction during off-normal transient events with phase diagram of the U–Pu–Zr–Fe system (2005) [crossref_reference_list]
• Thermodynamic evaluation of the quaternary U–Pu–Zr–Fe system – assessment of cladding temperature limits of metallic fuel in a fast reactor (2001) [crossref_reference_list]
• Phase relations in the quaternary Fe–Pu–U–Zr system (2002) [crossref_reference_list]
• Phase relation assessment of the O–Pu–Zr system by thermodynamic modelling (2003) [crossref_reference_list]
• Experimentally Known Properties of U-10Zr Alloys: A Critical Review (2018) [crossref_reference_list]
• Thermodynamic database on U-Pu-Zr-Np-Am-Fe alloy system I — Re-evaluation of U-Pu-Zr alloy system - (2010) [crossref_reference_list]
• Thermodynamic database on U-Pu-Zr-Np-Am-Fe alloy system II — Evaluation of Np, Am, and Fe containing systems- (2010) [crossref_reference_list]
• Phase relations in the Fe-Pu-U ternary system (2001) [crossref_reference_list]
• Study of the influence of americium on thermodynamic and structural properties of (U,Pu)O2±x mixed oxides (2026) [crossref_reference_list]
• Contribution to the investigation of the chemical interaction between sodium and irradiated MOX fuel for the safety of Sodium-cooled Fast Reactors (2026) [crossref_reference_list]
• Interaction chimique à haute température entre les matériaux absorbants et le corium lors d’un accident grave dans un réacteur RNR-Na (2026) [crossref_reference_list]
• O-Pu-U Ternary Phase Diagram Evaluation (2007) [crossref_reference_list]
• O-Pu-Zr Ternary Phase Diagram Evaluation (2007) [crossref_reference_list]
• O-Pu-Zr Ternary Phase Diagram Evaluation (2020) [crossref_reference_list]

References (Crossref, publisher-deposited) (4)

• The Thermo-Calc databank system (1985) [crossref_reference_list]
• SGTE data for pure elements (1991) [crossref_reference_list]
• Thermodynamic assessment of the Fe–U, U–Zr and Fe–U–Zr systems (1998) [crossref_reference_list]
• Algebraic Representation of Thermodynamic Properties and the Classification of Solutions (1948) [crossref_reference_list]

Reproduced by handbook diagrams (2)

• handbook:okamoto-2010:PU-U [okamoto_handbook_source_line]
• handbook:okamoto-2010:PU-ZR [okamoto_handbook_source_line]

TDB files modelling its system (4)

• tdb:PuU-99Kur.tdb [sgte_tdb_header]
• tdb:PuU-99Kur.tdb [orchid_literature_model_link]
• tdb:PuZr-99Kur.tdb [sgte_tdb_header]
• tdb:PuZr-99Kur.tdb [orchid_literature_model_link]

Reassessed by (2)

• Investigation of the solid/liquid phase transitions in the U–Pu–O system (2023) [citation+same-system]
• The Pu–U–Am system: An ab initio informed CALPHAD thermodynamic study (2015) [citation+same-system]