Published 1998
| Version v1
Report
VVER ballooning experiments
Creators
Description
A series of ballooning experiments was performed at the KFKI-AEKI in order to compare the mechanical behaviour and strength of Zircaloy-4 and Zr1%Nb claddings. The effects of temperature, oxidation and iodine absorption on deformation and burst pressure was investigated in almost 100 biaxial tests. Numerical post-test analyses have also been performed with the stand-alone fuel module of the French CATHARE code and the US fuel behaviour code FRAP-T6. Comparing the experimental and the analytical results, relevant differences of high temperature strength due to different α-β phase transition temperature were revealed between the investigated cladding materials. (author)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Imprint Title
- High burn-up fuel performance, safety and reliability and degradation of in-core materials and water chemistry effects and man-machine systems research
- Imprint Pagination
- [vp.]
- Journal Page Range
- [10 p.]
- Report number
- HPR--349
Conference
- Title
- Enlarged Halden programme group meeting on high burn-up fuel performance, safety and reliability and degradation of in-core materials and water chemistry effects and man-machine systems research
- Dates
- 15-20 Mar 1998
- Place
- Lillehammer (Norway)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Norway
- Country of Input or Organization
- Norway
- INIS RN
- 35048568
- Subject category
- S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference, Non-conventional Literature
- Descriptors DEI
- BURNUP; CLADDING; ENERGY; HBWR REACTOR; INSPECTION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; NUCLEAR FUELS; OECD; PWR TYPE REACTORS; REACTOR MAINTENANCE; REACTOR SAFETY; RELIABILITY; WATER CHEMISTRY; ZIRCALOY 4
- Descriptors DEC
- ALLOY-ZR98SN-4; ALLOYS; BHWR TYPE REACTORS; CHEMISTRY; CHROMIUM ADDITIONS; CHROMIUM ALLOYS; COOPERATION; CORROSION RESISTANT ALLOYS; DEPOSITION; ENERGY SOURCES; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS; FUELS; HEAT RESISTANT MATERIALS; HEAT RESISTING ALLOYS; HEAVY WATER COOLED REACTORS; HEAVY WATER MODERATED REACTORS; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; IRON ADDITIONS; IRON ALLOYS; MAINTENANCE; MATERIALS; POWER REACTORS; REACTOR MATERIALS; REACTORS; RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS; SAFETY; SURFACE COATING; TANK TYPE REACTORS; THERMAL REACTORS; TIN ALLOYS; TRANSITION ELEMENT ALLOYS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS; ZIRCALOY; ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS; ZIRCONIUM BASE ALLOYS
Optional Information
- Notes
- 5 refs., 11 figs., 3 tabs.
- Secondary number(s)
- HPR--349/40