Review on chromium coated zirconium alloy accident tolerant fuel cladding

J Yang, M Steinbrück, C Tang, M Große, J Liu… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Fukushima-Daiichi accident revealed that the zirconium fuel claddings have
the significant safety risk of hydrogen detonation due to the strong oxidation and hydrogen …

High-temperature corrosion of Zr–Nb alloy for nuclear structural materials

G Jiang, D Xu, W Yang, L Liu, Y Zhi, J Yang - Progress in Nuclear Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Zr–Nb alloy is successfully used as structural materials in nuclear reactors. However, its
widespread application is restricted by corrosion due to complex in-pile environments. This …

Screening of the FeCrAl LBE corrosion-resistant coatings: The effect of Cr and Al contents

W Zhang, Y Zhong, X Qiu, Q Li, H Yue, Y Zhou… - Surface and Coatings …, 2023 - Elsevier
Sixteen kinds of FeCrAl coatings with different Cr and Al contents were prepared by the
magnetron sputtering method, and the thermal shock resistance and static lead‑bismuth …

Corrosion behavior of the FeCrAl coating with different Cr and Al contents before and after Au-ions irradiation in stagnant LBE

W Zhang, J Deng, H Yue, S Hu, X Qiu, H Yin, Q Li… - Corrosion …, 2023 - Elsevier
The corrosion behavior of the FeCrAl coating with different Cr and Al contents before and
after Au-ions irradiation was investigated in static LBE. The grain of the irradiated coating …

Corrosion behavior of Nb-doped FeCrAl alloy in 500 C steam

Z Shi, X Pang, K Zhang, M Song, D Du, Z Shen… - Corrosion …, 2024 - Elsevier
The corrosion behavior of Fe-13Cr-4Al-2.2 Mo, a candidate cladding material for accident
tolerant fuel, doped with varying concentrations of Nb (0, 0.5, 1.0, and 1.5 wt%), was …

Effect of molybdenum addition on oxidation behavior and secondary protection mechanism of FeCrAl coatings

R Zhou, F Wang, K Xu, Y Yuan, L Chen, M Lou… - Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
FeCrAl alloy coatings are widely used for their excellent oxidation resistance at high
temperatures, but they can suffer from rapid material degradation due to breakaway …

[HTML][HTML] Unveiling the latest progresses in chromium-coated Zircaloy cladding ATF materials: Fabrication techniques, performance metrics, and beyond

GH Mohamed, K Karuppasamy, M Alrwashdeh… - Alexandria Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract After the Fukushima-Daiichi event, there has been notable progress in develo**
accident-tolerant fuel (ATF) cladding designs to improve light-water reactor (LWR) safety …

Corrosion of Zircaloy-4, Zr-1Nb and FeCrAl alloys in deaerated water at 330 C and 14 MPa: Superior corrosion resistance and corrosion mechanism of FeCrAl alloy by …

G Jiang, D Xu, Y Wei, H Liu, L Liu, W Kuang - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
After the Fukushima explosion, the research and development of accident tolerant fuel (ATF)
cladding has become a hot spot in the nuclear field. In this work, corrosion behavior of …

Oxidation behavior of CoCrFeMnNi high-entropy alloy fabricated by selective laser melting

X Jia, Z Xu, Y He, S Zhou, X Du, H Zhang… - Metals and Materials …, 2023 - Springer
The present study investigated the microstructure and oxidation behavior of the
CoCrFeMnNi high-entropy alloy (HEA) prepared by selective laser melting (SLM). The …

Materials for sustainable nuclear energy: a European strategic research and innovation agenda for all reactor generations

L Malerba, A Al Mazouzi, M Bertolus, M Cologna… - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nuclear energy is presently the single major low-carbon electricity source in Europe and is
overall expected to maintain (perhaps eventually even increase) its current installed power …