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Title: Sensitivity of measured steam oxidation kinetics to atmospheric control and impurities

Abstract

The most direct means of improving the ability of water cooled reactors to withstand excessive cladding oxidation during a loss of coolant accident is to either modify or replace zirconium cladding. It is important to understand what level of agreement is to be expected as a function of systematic differences in steam oxidation testing techniques and instrumentation among testing facilities. This study was designed to assess the sensitivities of some of the current and proposed reactor cladding materials. Steam oxidation sensitivity of Zircaloy-2, FeCrAl and Mo to O2 impurities in steam were examined. It was shown that the effect of O2 impurities is negligible for the two former materials while significant in the case of Mo.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [2]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  2. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Nuclear Fuels Materials Group
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE), Fuel Cycle Technologies (NE-5)
OSTI Identifier:
1458927
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1323965
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-16-21056
Journal ID: ISSN 0022-3115; TRN: US1901525
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC52-06NA25396
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Nuclear Materials
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 477; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0022-3115
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS

Citation Formats

Sooby Wood, E., Terrani, K. A., and Nelson, A. T. Sensitivity of measured steam oxidation kinetics to atmospheric control and impurities. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1016/j.jnucmat.2016.05.023.
Sooby Wood, E., Terrani, K. A., & Nelson, A. T. Sensitivity of measured steam oxidation kinetics to atmospheric control and impurities. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2016.05.023
Sooby Wood, E., Terrani, K. A., and Nelson, A. T. 2016. "Sensitivity of measured steam oxidation kinetics to atmospheric control and impurities". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2016.05.023. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1458927.
@article{osti_1458927,
title = {Sensitivity of measured steam oxidation kinetics to atmospheric control and impurities},
author = {Sooby Wood, E. and Terrani, K. A. and Nelson, A. T.},
abstractNote = {The most direct means of improving the ability of water cooled reactors to withstand excessive cladding oxidation during a loss of coolant accident is to either modify or replace zirconium cladding. It is important to understand what level of agreement is to be expected as a function of systematic differences in steam oxidation testing techniques and instrumentation among testing facilities. This study was designed to assess the sensitivities of some of the current and proposed reactor cladding materials. Steam oxidation sensitivity of Zircaloy-2, FeCrAl and Mo to O2 impurities in steam were examined. It was shown that the effect of O2 impurities is negligible for the two former materials while significant in the case of Mo.},
doi = {10.1016/j.jnucmat.2016.05.023},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1458927}, journal = {Journal of Nuclear Materials},
issn = {0022-3115},
number = C,
volume = 477,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat May 14 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Sat May 14 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}

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