Environmental degradation of structural materials in liquid lead-and lead-bismuth eutectic-cooled reactors

X Gong, MP Short, T Auger… - Progress in materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Liquid lead (Pb)-and lead–bismuth eutectic (LBE)-cooled fast neutron reactors (Gen-IV
LFRs) are one of the most technologically mature fission reactor technologies, due to their …

Current status of materials development of nuclear fuel cladding tubes for light water reactors

Z Duan, H Yang, Y Satoh, K Murakami, S Kano… - … Engineering and Design, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Zirconium-based (Zr-based) alloys have been widely used as materials for the key
components in light water reactors (LWRs), such as fuel claddings which suffer from …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the phase stability, mechanical and thermodynamic properties of FeCrAl ternary alloy

Y Pan - Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
Although FeCrAl ternary alloy is a promising high-temperature material, the structural
features of the FeCrAl remains controversial. To understand the structural features and the …

Development and property evaluation of nuclear grade wrought FeCrAl fuel cladding for light water reactors

Y Yamamoto, BA Pint, KA Terrani, KG Field… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Development of nuclear grade, iron-based wrought FeCrAl alloys has been initiated
for light water reactor (LWR) fuel cladding to serve as a substitute for zirconium-based alloys …

Radiation tolerance of neutron-irradiated model Fe–Cr–Al alloys

KG Field, X Hu, KC Littrell, Y Yamamoto… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The Fe–Cr–Al alloy system has the potential to form an important class of enhanced
accident-tolerant cladding materials in the nuclear power industry owing to the alloy …

A combined APT and SANS investigation of α′ phase precipitation in neutron-irradiated model FeCrAl alloys

SA Briggs, PD Edmondson, KC Littrell, Y Yamamoto… - Acta Materialia, 2017 - Elsevier
FeCrAl alloys are currently under consideration for accident-tolerant fuel cladding
applications in light water reactors owing to their superior high-temperature oxidation and …

Irradiation-enhanced α′ precipitation in model FeCrAl alloys

PD Edmondson, SA Briggs, Y Yamamoto, RH Howard… - Scripta Materialia, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Model FeCrAl alloys with varying compositions (Fe (10–18) Cr (10–6) Al at.%) have
been neutron irradiated at~ 320 to damage levels of~ 7 displacements per atom (dpa) to …

Laser-clad FeCrAl/TiC composite coating on ferrite/martensitic steel: Significant grain refinement and wear resistance enhancement induced by adding TiC

Q Yuan, L Chai, T Yang, H Wang, J Shen, N Guo… - Surface and Coatings …, 2023 - Elsevier
By employing laser cladding, the surface of a ferritic/martensite (F/M) steel was coated with
FeCrAl metallic and FeCrAl/TiC composite coatings with their microstructures and wear …

[HTML][HTML] A review on thermohydraulic and mechanical-physical properties of SiC, FeCrAl and Ti3SiC2 for ATF cladding

B Qiu, J Wang, Y Deng, M Wang, Y Wu… - Nuclear Engineering and …, 2020 - Elsevier
At present, the Department of Energy (DOE) in Unite State are directing the efforts of
developing accident tolerant fuel (ATF) technology. As the first barrier of nuclear fuel system …

Alloy design and characterization of a recrystallized FeCrAl-ODS cladding for accident-tolerant BWR fuels: An overview of research activity in Japan

S Ukai, K Sakamoto, S Ohtsuka, S Yamashita… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2023 - Elsevier
Following the severe accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in 2011,
recrystallized FeCrAl-ODS claddings have been developed in Japan as an accident-tolerant …