DELAYED HYDRIDE CRACKING IN ZIRCALOY FUEL CLADDING - AN IAEA COORDINATED RESEARCH PROGRAMME

被引:16
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作者
Coleman, C. [1 ]
Grigoriev, V. [2 ]
Inozemtsev, V. [3 ]
Markelov, V. [4 ]
Roth, M. [5 ]
Makarevicius, V. [6 ]
Kim, Y. S. [7 ]
Ali, Kanwar Liagat [8 ]
Chakravartty, J. K. [9 ]
Mizrahi, R. [10 ]
Lalgudi, R. [11 ]
机构
[1] AECL Res, Chalk River Labs, Chalk River, ON K0J 1J0, Canada
[2] Studsvik Nucl AB, S-61182 Nykoeping, Sweden
[3] IAEA, Nucl Fuel Cycle & Mat Sect, Div Nucl Fuel Cycle & Waste Technol, Dept Nucl Energy, A-1400 Vienna, Austria
[4] AA Bochvar All Russia Res Inst Inorgan Mat, VNIINM, Moscow 123060, Russia
[5] Inst Nucl Res, Mioveni, Arges, Romania
[6] Lithuanian Energy Inst, LT-44403 Kaunas, Lithuania
[7] Korea Atom Energy Res Inst, Taejon 305353, South Korea
[8] Pakistan Inst Nucl Sci & Technol, Islamabad, Pakistan
[9] Bhabha Atom Res Ctr, Div Mat Sci, Dept Atom Energy, Bombay 400085, Maharashtra, India
[10] IPEN CNEN SP, San Martin, Pcia De Buenos, Argentina
[11] IPEN CNEN SP, BR-05508000 Sao Paulo, Brazil
关键词
Zircaloy-4; Delayed Hydride Cracking (DHC); Temperature Dependence; ALPHA-PHASE; TEMPERATURE; SOLUBILITY; HYDROGEN; ZR-2.5NB; BEHAVIOR; FLUENCE; ALLOYS;
D O I
10.5516/NET.2009.41.2.171
中图分类号
TL [原子能技术]; O571 [原子核物理学];
学科分类号
0827 ; 082701 ;
摘要
The rate of delayed hydride cracking (DHC), V, has been measured in cold-worked and stress-relieved Zircaloy-4 fuel cladding using the Pin-Loading Tension technique. At 250 degrees C the mean value of V from 69 specimens was 3.3(+/- 0.8)x10(-8) m/s while the temperature dependence up to 275 degrees C was described by Aexp(-Q/RT), where Q is 48.3 kJ/mol. No cracking or cracking at very low rates was observed at higher temperatures. The fracture surface consisted of flat fracture with no striations. The results are compared with previous results on fuel cladding and pressure tubes.
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页码:171 / 178
页数:8
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