Improving Accident Tolerance of Nuclear Fuel with Coated Mo-alloy Cladding
In severe loss of coolant accidents (LOCA), similar to those experienced at Fukushima Daiichi and Three Mile Island Unit 1, the zirconium alloy fuel cladding materials are rapidly heated due to nuclear decay heating and rapid exothermic oxidation of zirconium with steam. This heating causes the clad...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2016-02-01
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Series: | Nuclear Engineering and Technology |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1738573315002624 |