Evaluation of steam corrosion and water quenching behavior of zirconium-silicide coated LWR fuel claddings

Yeom, Hwasung; Lockhart, Cody; Mariani, Robert; Xu, Peng; Corradini, Michael; Sridharan, Kumar

doi:10.1016/j.jnucmat.2017.11.045

Title: Evaluation of steam corrosion and water quenching behavior of zirconium-silicide coated LWR fuel claddings

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Authors:: Yeom, Hwasung; Lockhart, Cody; Mariani, Robert; Xu, Peng; Corradini, Michael; Sridharan, Kumar

Publication Date:: 2018-02-01

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1576695

Grant/Contract Number:: NE0008300

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Journal of Nuclear Materials

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Journal of Nuclear Materials Journal Volume: 499 Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0022-3115

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: Netherlands

Language:: English

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                    Yeom, Hwasung, Lockhart, Cody, Mariani, Robert, Xu, Peng, Corradini, Michael, and Sridharan, Kumar. Evaluation of steam corrosion and water quenching behavior of zirconium-silicide coated LWR fuel claddings.  Netherlands: N. p., 2018. 
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                    Yeom, Hwasung, Lockhart, Cody, Mariani, Robert, Xu, Peng, Corradini, Michael, & Sridharan, Kumar. Evaluation of steam corrosion and water quenching behavior of zirconium-silicide coated LWR fuel claddings.  Netherlands.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2017.11.045

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"Evaluation of steam corrosion and water quenching behavior of zirconium-silicide coated LWR fuel claddings".  Netherlands.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2017.11.045.

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  title        = {Evaluation of steam corrosion and water quenching behavior of zirconium-silicide coated LWR fuel claddings},

  author       = {Yeom, Hwasung and Lockhart, Cody and Mariani, Robert and Xu, Peng and Corradini, Michael and Sridharan, Kumar},

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