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Title

Steel Cladding for VVER Fuel Pins in the Context of Accident-Tolerant Fuel: Prospects.

Authors

Karpyuk, L. A.; Savchenko, A. M.; Leont'eva-Smirnova, M. V.; Kulakov, G. V.; Konovalov, Yu. V.

Abstract

Groups of materials are compared according to their possible use for fuel-pin cladding in the development of accident-tolerant fuel (ATF). Ferritic, ferritic-martensitic, and austenitic steels and chromium-nickel alloys are studied. Currently, only the chromium-nickel alloy 42KhNM can be used in VVER under normal operating conditions as cladding material for ATF. Pre-reactor and reactor studies are required in order to assess the possibility of using for this purpose the other materials which are under consideration.

Subjects

NUCLEAR fuel claddings; AUSTENITIC steel; CHROME-nickel steel; FUEL; STEEL alloys; STEEL

Publication

Atomic Energy, 2020, Vol 128, Issue 4, p218

ISSN

1063-4258

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.1007/s10512-020-00679-3