Properties of ZR alloy cladding after simulated loca oxidation and water quenching

Nuclear Engineering and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 193-202

  Kim, Hyun Gil ^a   Kim, Il Hyun ^a   Yang Il Jung, ^a   Jeong Yong Park, ^a   Yong Hwan Jeong, ^a  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cladding; HANA; LOCA; Zircaloy 4; Zirconium

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955063853     PISSN: 17385733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5516/NET.2010.42.2.193     Document Type: Article

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