Transmission Kikuchi diffraction (TKD), also known as transmission electron backscatter
diffraction (t-EBSD), has received significant interest for the characterisation of …

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 …

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 …

Tailoring microstructure and microchemistry by altering elemental compositions and
thermomechanical treatment parameters enables superior corrosion performance in …

Oxidation of metals by water generates hydrogen which can enter the solid causing serious
degradation of its mechanical properties and may also influence the corrosion rate. The …

Displacive transformations have been widely reported in metals, alloys and ceramics, but
rarely reported to be important in the aqueous corrosion of alloys. We report here our …

Flow-induced vibrations can result in fretting wear damage to the surfaces of clad fuel rods
(tubes) against their supports in nuclear power plants. One possible solution to this problem …

Cr-based coatings are promising candidates to protect the claddings on accident-tolerant
fuel (ATF) rods in pressurized water reactors (PWRs). In this study, the effect of water …

Abstract Using Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy (STEM) coupled with Dual
Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy (DualEELS) and scanned diffraction, the corrosion and …

The transition mechanism is of significance to the corrosion behavior of zirconium alloys.
Two important phenomena may be the causes of transition, which are the undulated wavy …