Effects of Lower Drying-Storage Temperature on the Ductility of High-Burnup PWR Cladding [electronic resource]

The purpose of this research effort is to determine the effects of canister and/or cask drying and storage on radial hydride precipitation in, and potential embrittlement of, high-burnup (HBU) pressurized water reactor (PWR) cladding alloys during cooling for a range of peak drying-storage temperatu...

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Online Access: Online Access (via OSTI)
Corporate Author: Argonne National Laboratory (Researcher)
Format: Government Document Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Oak Ridge, Tenn. : United States. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy ; distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Department of Energy, 2016.
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Summary:The purpose of this research effort is to determine the effects of canister and/or cask drying and storage on radial hydride precipitation in, and potential embrittlement of, high-burnup (HBU) pressurized water reactor (PWR) cladding alloys during cooling for a range of peak drying-storage temperatures (PCT) and hoop stresses. Extensive precipitation of radial hydrides could lower the failure hoop stresses and strains, relative to limits established for as-irradiated cladding from discharged fuel rods stored in pools, at temperatures below the ductile-to-brittle transition temperature (DBTT)
Cladding Integrity; Spent Fuel; Radial Hydrides; Storage.
Item Description:Published through SciTech Connect.
08/30/2016.
"fcrd-ufd-2016-000065"
"130080"
M. C. Billone; T. A. Burtseva.
Physical Description:94 p. : digital, PDF file.