Fabrication and material issues for the application of SiC composites to LWR fuel cladding

Nuclear Engineering and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 565-572

  Kim, Weon Ju ^a   Kim, Daejong ^a   Park, Ji Yeon ^a  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Corrosion; Joining; LWR fuel cladding; Reliability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883193727     PISSN: 17385733     EISSN: 2234358X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5516/NET.07.2012.084     Document Type: Article

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