Separate-effect tests on zirconium cladding degradation in air ingress situations

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 239, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 244-253

  Duriez, C ^a   Steinbruck M ^b   Ohai, D ^c   Meleg, T ^c   Birchley, J ^d   Haste, T ^d  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Romania)

^d PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLADDING (COATING); KINETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN; OXIDATION; SCALE (DEPOSITS); SOFTWARE TESTING; TESTING; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS; ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS;

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; CONSTANT TEMPERATURE; DEGRADATION PROCESS; IMPORTANT FEATURES; METALLOGRAPHIC INSPECTION; STATE-OF-THE ART REVIEWS; TEMPERATURE TRANSIENTS; ZIRCALOY-4 CLADDINGS;

PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS;

EID: 58349105612     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2008.10.017     Document Type: Article

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