Zirconium-based alloys (Zr alloys) are key materials in the nuclear industry due to their
thermal stability, mechanical durability, and low thermal neutron cross section. However …

This review considers current Zr alloys and opportunities for advanced zirconium alloys to
meet the demands of a structural material in fusion reactors. Zr based materials in the …

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 …

A detailed characterization of nanostructured thin zirconium oxide films formed during
aqueous corrosion of a nuclear-grade zirconium alloy (Zircaloy-4) has been carried out by …

As nuclear fuel cladding, Zr alloys have need for a good corrosion resistance. For decades,
several generations of Zr alloys with excellent corrosion resistance have been developed …

A detailed study of alloying element distributions in the metal and oxygen rich regions of
corroded Zr alloys and of the phases formed ahead of the oxide front was conducted using …

Detailed analysis was carried out on proton and a neutron irradiated Nb-containing Zr-alloy
to study the evolution of dislocation loop size and densities as well as the formation and …

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

Here we report a methodology combining TEM, STEM, Transmission-EBSD and EELS to
analyse the structural and chemical properties of the metal–oxide interface of corroded Zr …

Abstract Zircaloy-4 (Zr-1.5% Sn-0.2% Fe-0.1% Cr wt%) was electrochemically charged with
deuterium to create deuterides and subsequently analysed with atom probe tomography …