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

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

For a long time, a top priority in the nuclear industry was the safe, reliable, and economic
operation of light water reactors. However, the development of accident-tolerant fuel (ATF) …

In the last two decades, fibre-reinforced SiC ceramic-matrix composites (CMCs) have
attracted extensive interests. Owing to the designable multi-scale microstructure feature and …

Alternative cladding materials to Zr-based alloys are being investigated for accident
tolerance, which can be defined as> 100X improvement (compared to Zr-based alloys) in …

Cr coatings have been deposited on the outer surface of zircaloy-4 tube with well control of
thickness variations along the tube axis. A series of samples have been oxidized in high …

Silicon carbide (SiC) fiber reinforced SiC matrix composites continue to undergo
development for fusion applications worldwide because of inherent advantages of the …