Degraded fuel cladding fractography and fracture behavior

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn , Issue 1354, 2000, Pages 316-339

  Edsinger, Kurt ^a   Davies, John H ^a   Adamson, Ronald B ^a  

^a GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOILING WATER REACTORS; BRITTLE FRACTURE; CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; DUCTILITY; FRACTOGRAPHY; FRACTURE TESTING; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HYDRIDES; NEUTRON IRRADIATION; NUCLEAR FUEL CLADDING; RADIATION DAMAGE;

CHARPY TESTING; ZIRCONIUM ALLOY ZIRCALOY-2;

ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 0033873069     PISSN: 10403094     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp14306s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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