Capabilities to improve corrosion resistance of fuel claddings by using powerful laser and plasma sources

Journal Article · Thu Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Physics of Atomic Nuclei

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063778816140039· OSTI ID:22612518

Trofimov, V. N.; Sapozhkov, A. Yu.; Kuzmenko, V. A.; Mikhaylov, V. B.; Cherkovets, V. Ye.; Yakushkin, A. A. ^[1]; Yakushin, V. L.; Dzhumayev, P. S. ^[2]

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1. Troitsk Institute for Innovation and Fusion Research (Russian Federation)
2. National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute) (Russian Federation)

The treatment conditions of fuel claddings of the E110 alloy by using powerful UV or IR laser radiation, which lead to the increase in the corrosion resistance at the high-temperature (T = 1100°C) oxidation simulating a loss-of-coolant accident, are determined. The possibility of the complete suppression of corrosion under these conditions by using pulsed laser deposition of a Cr layer is demonstrated. The behavior of protective coatings of Al, Al{sub 2}O{sub 3}, and Cr planted on steel EP823 by pulsed laser deposition, which is planned to be used in the BREST-OD-300, is studied. The methods of the almost complete suppression of corrosion in liquid lead to the temperature of 720°C are shown.

• OSTI ID: 22612518
• Journal Information: Physics of Atomic Nuclei, Vol. 79, Issue 14; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2016 Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1063-7788
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
ALUMINIUM
ALUMINIUM OXIDES
CHROMIUM
CLADDING
CORROSION
CORROSION RESISTANCE
ENERGY BEAM DEPOSITION
INFRARED RADIATION
LASER RADIATION
LOSS OF COOLANT
OXIDATION
PLASMA
PROTECTIVE COATINGS
PULSED IRRADIATION
STEELS
TEMPERATURE RANGE 0400-1000 K
ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION