Machine learning in nuclear materials research

D Morgan, G Pilania, A Couet, BP Uberuaga… - Current Opinion in Solid …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nuclear materials are often demanded to function for extended time in extreme
environments, including high radiation fluxes with associated transmutations, high …

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 …

Improved irradiation resistance of accident-tolerant high-strength FeCrAl alloys with heterogeneous structures

KS Mao, CP Massey, Y Yamamoto, KA Unocic… - Acta Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
Post–neutron irradiation examination is performed on advanced accident-tolerant fuel (ATF)
cladding iron-chromium-aluminum (FeCrAl) alloys with∼ 10–13at.% Cr,∼ 10–12 at.% Al,∼ …

Structure of surface oxides on martensitic steel under simultaneous ion irradiation and molten LBE corrosion

C Yao, H Zhang, H Chang, T Shen, Y Zhu, L Pang… - Corrosion …, 2022 - Elsevier
Irradiation damage on corrosion process of steels in Pb or LBE melts is a main challenge for
the R&D of LFR. In this paper, A martensitic steel (SIMP) was in-situ irradiated with 247 MeV …

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] Effect of Au-ions irradiation on microstructure and mechanical properties of FeCrAl coating

W Zhang, J Deng, H Yin, Y Zhao, X Qiu, M Zhou… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Six kinds of FeCrAl coatings with different Cr and Al contents were irradiated by 6 MeV Au-
ions with a damage level of 20 dpa. The results showed that the surface roughness and …

Study on high temperature creep behavior of the accident-resistant cladding Fe–13Cr–4Al-1.85 Mo-0.85 Nb alloy

H Sun, H Wang, X He, F Wang, X An, Z Wang - Materials Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Fe–13Cr–4Al-1.85 Mo-0.85 Nb alloy, as accident-resistant fuel cladding
material in light water reactor (LWR), was prepared by a vacuum induction melting, forging …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of nickel on the oxidation behavior of FeCrAl alloy in simulated PWR and BWR conditions

HJ Qu, H Abouelella, AS Chikhalikar, R Rajendran… - Corrosion …, 2023 - Elsevier
FeCrAl alloys are being investigated as candidate materials for light water reactor fuel
claddings. The chemical composition of FeCrAl determines its resistance to corrosion under …

Irradiation accelerated corrosion of alumina-forming austenitic steels in supercritical CO2: The oxide scale formed within an individual grain or affected by grain …

X Guo, S Cong, Z Liu, L Zhang, Z Ma, Z Zhou, M Song… - Corrosion …, 2023 - Elsevier
The irradiation accelerated corrosion within monolayer grains of a new AFA steel exposed to
sCO 2 are studied. The presence of irradiation induced dislocation loops accelerate element …

Systematic study of radiation-induced segregation in neutron-irradiated FeCrAl alloys

PV Patki, TJ Pownell, Y Bazarbayev, D Zhang… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2023 - Elsevier
This work systematically reports grain boundary radiation-induced segregation (RIS), and
insights into RIS mechanisms, in FeCrAl alloys. Recently, FeCrAl alloys have received …