Chemical and microstructural characterization of remelted Zircaloy by X-ray fluorescence techniques and metallographic analysis

I Sato, L Pereira, M Scapin, M Cotrim… - Journal of …, 2012 - akjournals.com
Brazilian nuclear power reactor (PWR type) use, as nuclear fuel, sintered UO 2 pellets with
Zircaloy cladding. The cladding material has to present high mechanical strength and …

Desenvolvimento de processos de reciclagem de cavacos de zircaloy via refusão em forno elétrico a arco e metalurgia do pó

LAT Pereira - 2014 - teses.usp.br
Reatores PWR empregam, como combustível nuclear, pastilhas de UO2 acondicionadas
em tubos de ligas de zircônio, chamados de encamisamento. Na sua fabricação são …

[PDF][PDF] Study on the production of VAR electrodes from Zircaloy turning lathe chips

CS Mucsi, JL Rossi, LAM Reis - VII Scientific Meeting of …, 2016 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
Zircaloy 4 chips are produced in large quantities during the machining of Zircaloy 4 rods for
the PWR fuel elements parts. Currently Zircaloy 4 is a zirconium alloy imported into Brazil …

Recycling and melting process of the zirconium alloy chips

LAM Reis - Brazilian Journal of Radiation Sciences, 2019 - bjrs.org.br
The aim of this work is study on the recycling process of zirconium alloy chips and the results
aiming the efficiency in the cleaning process; the quality control; the obtaining of the pressed …

Study on the viability of the recycling by electric arc melting of zirconium alloys scraps aiming the scalability of the process

CS Mucsi, LAM dos Reis, MP Gomes… - Materials Science …, 2018 - Trans Tech Publ
Turning chips of zirconium alloys are produced in large quantities during the machining of
alloy rods for the fabrication of the end plugs for the Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) fuel …

[PDF][PDF] Fusão de Cavacos de Zircaloy por VAR: Resultados Preliminares

LAT Pereira, CS Mucsi, HPS Corrêa… - … de Engenharia e … - repositorio.ipen.br
Os componentes estruturais do núcleo e dos elementos combustíveis de reatores nucleares
tipo PWR são confeccionados em ligas de zircônio conhecidas como Zircaloys. Na …

[PDF][PDF] Study of recycling process viability of zirconium alloys chips for melting in VAR furnace

LAM Reis, M Alencar, MP Gomes, LAT Pereira… - repositorio.ipen.br
Zirconium alloy chips (M5, Zirlo, and Zircaloy) are generated in high quantities in the
manufacture of tubes and end caps of the rods that form the fuel element of pressurized …

Recycling melting process of the zirconium alloy chips

LAM dos Reis, CS Mucsi, LAP Tavares, MC Alencar… - inis.iaea.org
Pressurized water reactors (PWR) commonly use U235 enriched uranium dioxide pellets as
a nuclear fuel, these are assembled and stacked in zirconium alloy tubes and end caps (M5 …

Análise da solidificação de um lingote de aço multipartido e com adição de nióbio fundido pelo processo a arco em vácuo

DQ Faria - 2016 - pantheon.ufrj.br
O processo de refusão no forno VAR, utilizado para refino de aços especiais e ligas de
metais reativos e refratários, propicia a obtenção de um produto final com características de …

Development of processes for zircaloy chips recycling by electric arc furnace remelting and powder metallurgy

LAT Pereira - inis.iaea.org
[en] PWR reactors employ, as nuclear fuel, UO 2 pellets with Zircaloy clad. In the fabrication
of fuel element parts, machining chips from the alloys are generated. As the Zircaloy chips …