Embrittlement behavior of Zircaloy-4 cladding during oxidation and water quench

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 235, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 67-75

  Kim, Jun Hwan ^a   Lee, Myoung Ho ^a   Choi, Byoung Kwon ^a   Jeong, Yong Hwan ^a  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLANTS; EMBRITTLEMENT; LIGHT WATER REACTORS; MICROSTRUCTURE; OXIDATION; QUENCHING; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; WATER;

EATER QUENCHING; EQUIVALENT CLADDING REACTED (ECR) VALUES; LOSS OF COOLANT ACCIDENT (LOCA); NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC);

CLADDING (COATING);

EID: 11144227994     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2004.08.030     Document Type: Article

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