Accident tolerant fuel cladding development: Promise, status, and challenges

KA Terrani - Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2018 - Elsevier
The motivation for transitioning away from zirconium-based fuel cladding in light water
reactors to significantly more oxidation-resistant materials, thereby enhancing safety …

Materials for future nuclear energy systems

GS Was, D Petti, S Ukai, S Zinkle - Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2019 - Elsevier
Materials for future nuclear energy systems must operate under more extreme conditions
than those in current Gen II or Gen III systems. These conditions include higher temperature …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the phase stability, mechanical and thermodynamic properties of FeCrAl ternary alloy

Y Pan - Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
Although FeCrAl ternary alloy is a promising high-temperature material, the structural
features of the FeCrAl remains controversial. To understand the structural features and the …

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 …

Microstructure, corrosion resistance and oxidation behavior of Cr-coatings on Zircaloy-4 prepared by vacuum arc plasma deposition

T Wei, R Zhang, H Yang, H Liu, S Qiu, Y Wang, P Du… - Corrosion …, 2019 - Elsevier
Cr-coated Zircaloy-4 samples are prepared by vacuum arc plasma deposition and their
microstructure, corrosion resistance and oxidation behavior are investigated. The as …

Development of accident tolerant FeCrAl-ODS fuel cladding for BWRs in Japan

K Sakamoto, Y Miura, S Ukai, NH Oono… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2021 - Elsevier
The FeCrAl-oxide dispersion strengthened (ODS) alloy is a promising candidate alloy for the
accident tolerant fuel (ATF) cladding of light water reactors (LWRs) and has been recently …

Alloy design and characterization of a recrystallized FeCrAl-ODS cladding for accident-tolerant BWR fuels: An overview of research activity in Japan

S Ukai, K Sakamoto, S Ohtsuka, S Yamashita… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2023 - Elsevier
Following the severe accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in 2011,
recrystallized FeCrAl-ODS claddings have been developed in Japan as an accident-tolerant …

Corrosion of FeCrAl alloys used as fuel cladding in nuclear reactors

G Jiang, D Xu, P Feng, S Guo, J Yang, Y Li - Journal of Alloys and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The safety of nuclear power plants has put forward new requirements for the corrosion
resistance of fuel cladding with the advancement of industrialization. FeCrAl alloys are …

Y/Hf-doped AlCoCrFeNi high-entropy alloy with ultra oxidation and spallation resistance

J Lu, Y Chen, H Zhang, N Ni, L Li, L He, R Mu, X Zhao… - Corrosion …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, we report a type of ultra oxidation and spallation resistant Y/Hf-doped
AlCoCrFeNi high-entropy alloy (HEA). The alloy exhibits a significantly lower oxidation rate …

Effects of Laves phase particles on recovery and recrystallization behaviors of Nb-containing FeCrAl alloys

Z Sun, PD Edmondson, Y Yamamoto - Acta Materialia, 2018 - Elsevier
The microstructures and mechanical properties of deformed and annealed Nb-containing
FeCrAl alloys were investigated. Fine dispersion of Fe 2 Nb-type Laves phase particles was …