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 …

Zirconium-based alloys have served the nuclear industry for several decades due to their
acceptable properties for nuclear cores of light water reactors (LWRs). However, severe …

In this study, a Cr-CrN-Cr coating was fabricated on Zr alloys to restrain the Cr-Zr
interdiffusion of Cr-coated Zr alloys. The early stage diffusion, decomposition, and oxidation …

The isothermal oxidation behavior of the Cr-coated Zircaloy-4 at 1200° C in steam is
comprehensively investigated. Oxidation kinetics transition is observed when outward …

Cr coatings with the thickness of 4.5–9.0 μm and dense/columnar microstructure were
deposited onto Zr alloy by cooled or hot target magnetron sputtering. Steam oxidation tests …

Abstract The Cr-Zr interaction of two types of Cr coated Zr alloy accident tolerant fuel (ATF)
claddings, deposited by cold spraying and magnetron sputtering, was studied in argon in the …

The transient oxidation behavior of magnetron-sputtered chromium-coated Zircaloy-4 was
studied in steam up to 1600° C, and the microstructural evolution of the coating-substrate …

Cr-based coatings with or without a Mo interlayer were deposited on a Zr substrate by multi-
arc ion plating, and the effect of the Mo interlayer on the oxidation behavior of the coatings at …

In this study, corrosion tests were performed on Cr-coated Alloy 800 H in 500° C
supercritical water, containing 6000 mg∙ L− 1 oxygen, for 500 h. After exposure, the structure …

The isothermal steam oxidation behavior of chromium-coated zirconium alloy cladding at
1200℃ is studied. The cladding substrate is Zr-1 Nb alloy with outer diameter of 9.5 mm and …