HEAT-UP AND COOL-DOWN TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT HYDRIDE REORIENTATION BEHAVIORS IN ZIRCONIUM ALLOY CLADDING TUBES

Hydride reorientation behaviors of PWR cladding tubes under typical interim dry storage conditions were investigated with the use of as-received 250 and 485ppm hydrogen-charged Zr-Nb alloy cladding tubes. In order to evaluate the effect of typical cool-down processes on the radial hydride precipitat...

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Published in:	Nuclear Engineering and Technology
Main Authors:	JU-JIN WON, MYEONG-SU KIM, KYU-TAE KIM
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2014-10-01
Subjects:	Zirconium Alloy Tube Spent Nuclear Fuel Radial Hydride Circumferential Hydride Terminal Solid Solubility
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S173857331530108X