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 …

Successive technological improvements have made Raman imaging systems very efficient.
Raman imaging applications now cover a wide range of scientific fields, including high …

The breakaway oxidation of Zircaloy-4 and M5 Framatome alloys oxidized in flowing steam
around 1000° C was studied. The influences of oxidation temperature between 950 and …

The oxidation behavior of zirconium alloy in high-temperature steam plays a dominant role
in the operation of nuclear reactors under accident conditions. The present work …

Although many efforts have been made on understanding the variant selection rules, the
interplay of these rules and their combined effects on variant selection have not been well …

HT-XRD analyses were performed on Zircaloy-4 sheet samples in steam and oxygen
mixtures at high temperatures in order to investigate any possible relation between zirconia …

The present work studied the evolution of stresses and associated mechanisms, related to
viscoplastic behavior during relaxation, in the zirconia layer formed during the oxidation of …

The effects of Bi on the microstructure and corrosion behavior of Zr-1 Nb alloy in
superheated steam at 500° C/10.3 MPa were investigated. Results revealed that addition of …

Comprehensive understanding of the oxidation behavior of Zr alloys, a vital cladding
material in nuclear power plants, is essential for developing improved materials and …

Abstract For Loss of Coolant Accident (LOCA) analysis, high-temperature oxidation kinetics
in steam of Zircaloy-4 and the two Nb-bearing alloys used in French Pressurized Water …