Neutron irradiation performance of Zircaloy-4 under research reactor operating conditions

被引:28
作者
Jin, Hyun Ju [1 ]
Kim, Tae Kyu [1 ]
机构
[1] Korea Atom Energy Res Inst, Nucl Mat Dev Div, Taejon 305353, South Korea
关键词
Zircaloy-4; Research reactor; Irradiation behavior; Irradiation growth; Mechanical property; POINT-DEFECT DIFFUSION; ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS; HCP METALS; GROWTH; DAMAGE; MICROSTRUCTURE; DISLOCATIONS; DEFORMATION;
D O I
10.1016/j.anucene.2014.08.042
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
Since more than 60% of operating research reactors in the world are over 40 years old, aging management for their core structural components is one of the key issues faced to ensure life extension, reliability, and safe operation of these research reactors. To manage the aging process, a prediction for the irradiation behavior of the structural materials of the major components is required to avoid unplanned outages, and to enhance the safe and reliable operation. For this, the establishment of improved material properties for irradiated core structural materials in research reactors is essential. Zircaloy-4 is widely used as nuclear core structural materials such as fuel cladding and guide tubes due to its very low absorption cross-section of thermal neutrons, good mechanical property and corrosion resistance. In research reactors, Zircaloy-4 is subjected to relatively high neutron fluence and low temperature conditions compared with commercial reactors. Under such operating conditions, irradiation behaviors such as irradiation-induced dislocation, microstructural changes and irradiation growth in Zircaloy-4 were reviewed. In addition, irradiation-induced mechanical property changes obtained by a post irradiation examination were examined. This review will assist in the design as well as understanding of the irradiation behavior of Zircaloy-4 based core components in research reactors. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:309 / 315
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