Mechanical properties of high burnup bwr fuel cladding tubes under simulated RIA conditions

Proceedings of the 2004 International Meeting on LWR Fuel Performance

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 526-535

  Nakatsuka, Masafumi ^a   Une, Katsumi ^a   Tokunaga, Kensuke ^a   Ohta, Takeshi ^b  

^a GNF J   (Japan)

^b Tepco   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADDING (COATING); HYDROGEN; IRRADIATION; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

FUEL CLADDING TUBES; IRRADIATED FUEL CLADDING TUBES; IRRADIATION TEST;

NUCLEAR FUELS;

EID: 30744447418     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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