Correlation between characteristics of oxide films formed on Zr alloys in BWRs and corrosion performance

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn , Issue 1354, 2000, Pages 815-835

  Nanikawa, Shuichi ^a   Etoh, Yoshinori ^a   Shimada, Sachio ^a   Kubo, Toshio ^b   Ito, Kunio ^c   Harada, Hiromu ^d  

^a NIPPON NUCLEAR FUEL DEVELOPMENT CO LTD   (Japan)

^b HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

^c TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^d CRI of Elec Power Industry Tokyo   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOILING WATER REACTORS; CORROSION PROTECTION; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRIC SPACE CHARGE; ELECTROLYTES; NEUTRON IRRADIATION; OXIDATION; RADIATION EFFECTS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZIRCONIA;

ZIRCONIUM ALLOY ZIRCALOY-2;

ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 0033902866     PISSN: 10403094     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp14329s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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