The fuel channels and fuel assemblies of all conventional nuclear reactors that generate
power from the fission of uranium by thermal neutrons are made from zirconium alloys …

Zirconium and zirconium alloys are widely used as nuclear reactor core materials such as
fuel cladding and guide tubes because they have excellent corrosion-and radiation-resistant …

In this chapter, the effects of neutron irradiation on zirconium alloys are described. Irradiation
effects on the microstructure are first discussed, describing damage creation, point-defect …

An experimental program has been carried out to measure the terminal solid solubility (TSS)
of hydrogen in Zircaloy. Unirradiated electron beam (EB) welded Zircaloy-2, EB-welded …

Advancements in transmission electron microscopy allow us to draw correlations between
evolving matrix chemistry environments and the resulting dislocation structures that form …

Fuel cladding and structural components made of zirconium alloys, used in light and heavy
water nuclear reactors, exhibit, during normal operation, significant in-reactor deformation …

Zirconium alloys are widely used structural materials of choice in the nuclear industry due to
their exceptional radiation and corrosion resistance. However long-time exposure to …

A combination of density functional theory (DFT), kinetic Monte Carlo and mean-field rate
theory is applied to analyze point defect migration and its effect on the observed growth of …

Dislocation structures in neutron irradiated Zircaloy-2 fuel cladding and channel material
have been characterized by means of high-resolution synchrotron x-ray diffraction combined …

The solid solubility of hydrogen isotopes in neutron irradiated Zircaloy-4 core components
removed after 10.3 years in service is studied by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) in …