Zirconium alloys are widely used for fuel cladding and in pressure tubes, fuel channels
(boxes), and fuel spacer grids in almost all water-cooled reactors: light water reactors such …

Ion accelerators have been used by material scientists for decades to investigate radiation
damage formation in nuclear materials and thus to emulate neutron-induced changes. The …

Radiation effects in materials often compound and accelerate other detrimental phenomena
such as embrittlement, oxidation and creep. However, irradiation can also decrease the …

During the corrosion in primary water of zirconium alloys, a fraction of hydrogen from the
water diffuses through the oxide into the alloy. To better understand the hydriding process …

Recently, unusual Raman signals were observed in different works conducted on thin
zirconia layers grown on zirconium alloys simulating in‐reactor materials after high fluence …

Natural grown ZrO 2 cannot effectively protect Zr alloy due to the poor phase stability. In this
work, a pre-defected ZrO 2 coating was fabricated on Zr alloy and further bombarded by Ar …

New insights on the fuel-cladding bonding layer in high burnup nuclear fuel were obtained
using micro-Raman spectroscopy. A specimen was specifically prepared from a cladded …

The corrosion of titanium alloys in primary water at 300° C led to a global weight gain due to
oxidation and surface precipitation, despite some dissolution. A model was proposed, taking …

Corrosion and high-temperature steam oxidation of E110 alloy and its pulsed laser welds
were investigated. An attempt to improve performance properties has been made by …

Sulfur-induced degradation of the passive film on Alloy 800 in a simulated alkaline crevice
(ACC) environment at 21–300° C was evaluated using polarization curve, secondary ion …