Abstract
The present paper describes a physical model for thermal conductivity of actinide oxides. The model is based on the Debye–Einstein theory of thermal energy of ionic dielectrics, on the Klemens–Callaway’s approach for the heat conductance modelling and on correlations between thermoelastic properties of solids. Some results of calculations and a comparison between the calculated and measured values of the thermal conductivity of UO 2, UO 2–Gd 2O 3 and also of ThO 2, AmO 2, Am 2O 3 and Cm 2O 3, for which a limited data-set is available in the open literature, are reported. Moreover, self-irradiation effects in AmO 2, Am 2O 3, (Am,U)O 2− x , (Am,Np,U)O 2− x and Cm 2O 3 were analysed with the developed model.
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