Abstract The Fukushima-Daiichi accident revealed that the zirconium fuel claddings have
the significant safety risk of hydrogen detonation due to the strong oxidation and hydrogen …

The motivation for transitioning away from zirconium-based fuel cladding in light water
reactors to significantly more oxidation-resistant materials, thereby enhancing safety …

Coatings with thicknesses between a few microns and∼ 10 μm deposited on a Zircaloy-4
substrate have been studied with the objective to provide a significant reduction in the …

Chongchong Tang received his Master's degree in metallurgical engineering from the
Northeastern University, China, in 2014. He is currently a PhD student in the IAM-AWP of the …

Zirconium-based alloys have served the nuclear industry for several decades due to their
acceptable properties for nuclear cores of light water reactors (LWRs). However, severe …

Oxidation kinetics and microstructural evolution of cold sprayed Cr coatings on Zircaloy-4 at
1130–1310° C in flowing steam at atmospheric pressure have been studied. The study is …

Electromagnetic (EM) radiation pollution is increasing attention due to the popularization of
electronic equipment. In recent years, various nanomaterials have been widely designed …

Abstract AREVA NP (Courbevoie, Paris, France) is actively developing several enhanced
accident-tolerant fuels cladding concepts ranging from near-term evolutionary (Cr-coated …

Abstract (Cr/CrN) n multilayer coatings were prepared on Zr-4 alloy using magnetron
sputtering and effects of this multilayer architecture on the microstructure, mechanical …

This article reviewed the near-term development status of accident tolerant fuel (ATF)
cladding to increase the safety of nuclear power generation. The key to near-term …