High-Temperature Irradiation Growth in Zircaloy

Autor: V Fidleris, RP Tucker, R.B. Adamson
Rok vydání: 2009
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DOI: 10.1520/stp37056s
Popis: Irradiation growth behavior of Zircaloy-2 and -4 was studied on specimens irradiated in an experimental breeder reactor. Measurements on Zircaloy-2 slab materials provided evidence that growth was a constant volume process up to 680 K. The growth strains were shown to be determined by the crystallographic texture. The growth strains for annealed and cold-worked Zircaloy were strongly dependent on irradiation temperature and varied linearly with fluence. The data suggest a transition from saturating steady-state growth at lower temperatures to increasing and eventually high steady-state rates at higher temperatures in the temperature range used (644-723K). 29 refs.
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