High performance fuel technology development : Development of high performance cladding materials
Park, Jeongyong; Jeong, Y. H.; Park, S. Y.
Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Daejon (Korea, Republic of)2012
Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Daejon (Korea, Republic of)2012
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[en] The superior in-pile performance of the HANA claddings have been verified by the successful irradiation test and in the Halden research reactor up to the high burn-up of 67GWD/MTU. The in-pile corrosion and creep resistances of HANA claddings were improved by 40% and 50%, respectively, over Zircaloy-4. HANA claddings have been also irradiated in the commercial reactor up to 2 reactor cycles, showing the corrosion resistance 40% better than that of ZIRLO in the same fuel assembly. Long-term out-of-pile performance tests for the candidates of the next generation cladding materials have produced the highly reliable test results. The final candidate alloys were selected and they showed the corrosion resistance 50% better than the foreign advanced claddings, which is beyond the original target. The LOCA-related properties were also improved by 20% over the foreign advanced claddings. In order to establish the optimal manufacturing process for the inner and outer claddings of the dual-cooled fuel, 18 different kinds of specimens were fabricated with various cold working and annealing conditions. Based on the performance tests and various out-of-pile test results obtained from the specimens, the optimal manufacturing process was established for the inner and outer cladding tubes of the dual-cooled fuel
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Apr 2012; 768 p; 89 refs, 321 figs, 44 tabs
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ALLOYS, ALLOY-ZR98SN-4, BHWR TYPE REACTORS, CHEMICAL REACTIONS, CHROMIUM ADDITIONS, CHROMIUM ALLOYS, CORROSION RESISTANT ALLOYS, DEPOSITION, ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS, EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS, HEAT RESISTANT MATERIALS, HEAT RESISTING ALLOYS, HEAT TREATMENTS, HEAVY WATER COOLED REACTORS, HEAVY WATER MODERATED REACTORS, IRON ADDITIONS, IRON ALLOYS, MATERIALS, MECHANICAL PROPERTIES, POWER REACTORS, REACTORS, RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS, SURFACE COATING, TANK TYPE REACTORS, TESTING, THERMAL REACTORS, TIN ALLOYS, TRANSITION ELEMENT ALLOYS, ZIRCALOY, ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS, ZIRCONIUM BASE ALLOYS
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