A Proposed Criterion for the Oxygen Embrittlement of Zircaloy-4 Fuel Cladding

2009 ◽  
pp. 479-479-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Sawatzky
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cladding

Fuel-Cladding Chemical Interaction of a Prototype Annular U-10Zr Fuel with Fe-12Cr Ferritic/Martensitic Cladding

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiang Liu ◽  
Luca Capriotti ◽  
Tiankai Yao ◽  
Jason Harp ◽  
Michael T. Benson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Interaction ◽  
Fuel Cladding

scholarly journals Bootstrap and Order Statistics for Quantifying Thermal-Hydraulic Code Uncertainties in the Estimation of Safety Margins

2008 ◽  
Vol 2008 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enrico Zio ◽  
Francesco Di Maio
Keyword(s):  
Confidence Interval ◽  
Order Statistics ◽  
Nuclear Reactor ◽  
Safety Margin ◽  
Fuel Cladding ◽  
Complete Group ◽  
Bootstrap Technique ◽  
Safety Margins ◽  
Group Distribution

In the present work, the uncertainties affecting the safety margins estimated from thermal-hydraulic code calculations are captured quantitatively by resorting to the order statistics and the bootstrap technique. The proposed framework of analysis is applied to the estimation of the safety margin, with its confidence interval, of the maximum fuel cladding temperature reached during a complete group distribution blockage scenario in a RBMK-1500 nuclear reactor.

scholarly journals Solid state phase transformation kinetics in Zr-base alloys

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. R. Massih ◽  
Lars O. Jernkvist
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transformation ◽  
Solid State ◽  
Zirconium Alloys ◽  
Excess Oxygen ◽  
Transformation Kinetics ◽  
Fuel Cladding ◽  
Reactor Accident ◽  
Phase Transformation Kinetics ◽  
Solid State Phase Transformation ◽  
Water Reactors

AbstractWe present a kinetic model for solid state phase transformation ($$\alpha \rightleftharpoons \beta$$ α ⇌ β ) of common zirconium alloys used as fuel cladding material in light water reactors. The model computes the relative amounts of $$\beta$$ β or $$\alpha$$ α phase fraction as a function of time or temperature in the alloys. The model accounts for the influence of excess oxygen (due to oxidation) and hydrogen concentration (due to hydrogen pickup) on phase transformation kinetics. Two variants of the model denoted by A and B are presented. Model A is suitable for simulation of laboratory experiments in which the heating/cooling rate is constant and is prescribed. Model B is more generic. We compare the results of our model computations, for both A and B variants, with accessible experimental data reported in the literature covering heating/cooling rates of up to 100 K/s. The results of our comparison are satisfactory, especially for model A. Our model B is intended for implementation in fuel rod behavior computer programs, applicable to a reactor accident situation, in which the Zr-based fuel cladding may go through $$\alpha \rightleftharpoons \beta$$ α ⇌ β phase transformation.

A comparative study of hydride-induced embrittlement of Zircaloy-4 fuel cladding tubes in the longitudinal and hoop directions

2017 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 490-499 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zishou Zhao ◽  
Daichi Kunii ◽  
Tomonori Abe ◽  
Huilong Yang ◽  
Jingjie Shen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Fuel Cladding
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