Behavior of lithium and boron in irradiated and unirradiated oxides formed on Zircaloy-4 claddings

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn , Issue 1354, 2000, Pages 773-792

  Kido, T ^a   Wada, S ^a   Takahashi, T ^b   Uchida, H ^c   Komine, I ^c   Inoue, Y ^c  

^a Nuclear Development Corporation   (Japan)

^b MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

^c Nuclear Power Engineering Corp   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; CORROSION; INORGANIC ACIDS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LITHIUM; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; NEUTRON IRRADIATION; NUCLEAR FUEL CLADDING; OXIDES; RADIATION EFFECTS; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY;

BORIC ACID; LITHIUM HYDROXIDE; ZIRCONIUM ALLOY ZIRCALOY-4;

ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 0033895795     PISSN: 10403094     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp14327s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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