Original title: Microstructural Processes in Thermal Creep of Zirconium Nuclear Fuel Cladding Tubes
Authors: Král, Petr ; Kuchařová, Květa ; Kvapilová, Marie ; Dvořák, Jiří ; Krejčí, J. ; Sklenička, Václav
Document type: Papers
Conference/Event: Conference contribution of metallography to production problem solutions /16./, Mariánské Lázně (CZ), 20240903
Year: 2024
Language: eng
Abstract: The origin of the thermal creep of zirconium cladding tubes in all light water reactors is still the subject of deep confusion and intricate controversies. The reason for this inconvenient situation is\nobviously that microstructural processes in thermal creep remain poorly understood and this is due to the relatively small number of studies that have been carried out. In this study uniaxial creep tests in tension of zirconium alloy cladding tubes in the as-received and pre-hydrided states are followed by metallographic analysis of the as-received and crept specimens by light microscopy and SEM to explain the observed high-temperature creep behavior of the tubes.
Keywords: microstructural analyses; nuclear fuel cladding tube; Zr1%Nb alloy
Project no.: TN02000018
Funding provider: GA TA ČR
Host item entry: Přínos metalografie pro řešení výrobních problémů, ISBN 978-80-01-07331-5

Institution: Institute of Physics of Materials AS ČR (web)
Document availability information: Fulltext is available at the institute of the Academy of Sciences.
Original record: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0360290

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