We present quantum-mechanical evaluation of helium diffusion coefficient in the crystalline UO2 and ThO2. Parameters assignment of Schrödinger’s equation were done using the crystal field potentials which were obtained applying the density functional theory (DFT). “Ab initio” calculations were performed using the Wien2k program package. To compute the unit cell parameters the 13 atom super-cell was chosen. Applying two-site model we evaluated the time for an over-barrier jump and diffusion of interstitial He. The obtained values for diffusion coefficient are compared with the experimentally obtained values and with the theoretical values of other authors. In addition, it is simultaneously shown that helium diffusion in these materials is a quantum diffusion.
We present density functional theory (DFT) calculation results of xenon atom interaction with the surface of uranium dioxide single crystal. A pseudo-potential approach in the generalized gradient approximation (GGA) was applied using the ABINIT program package. It has been revealed that close to the surface a potential well is formed for xenon atom due to its interaction with the atoms of oxygen and uranium. Depth and shape of the well is the subject of “ab initio” calculations. The calculations were performed both for the case of oxygenic and metallic surfaces. It has been shown, that the potential well for the oxygenic surface is deeper than for the metallic surface.
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