Characterization of the hydrothermal corrosion behavior of ceramics for accident tolerant fuel cladding

Peter J. Doyle; Stephen S. Raiman; R. Rebak; Kurt A. Terrani

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-68454-3_23

Characterization of the hydrothermal corrosion behavior of ceramics for accident tolerant fuel cladding

Peter J. Doyle, Stephen S. Raiman, R. Rebak, Kurt A. Terrani

Nuclear Fuel Element Performance

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Abstract

Accident-tolerant fuel (ATF) is an increasingly important research topic for the nuclear industry, and ceramics such as SiC are strong contenders for deployment as ATF cladding. The hydrothermal corrosion characteristics of SiC and Al₂O₃ were investigated via constantly-refreshing autoclave corrosion and post exposure characterization. Four different types of chemical vapor deposited (CVD) SiC specimens were examined (two with high electrical resistance, one with low electrical resistance, and a single crystal 4H structural variant). Al₂O₃ specimens were prepared in single crystal and polycrystalline states. PWR primary water, BWR–HWC, and BWR–NWC environments were maintained throughout the experiments. Characterization conducted using SEM and EDS was used to determine factors affecting corrosion rates and susceptibility to grain boundary attack in each water chemistry condition. Raman spectroscopy was also used to determine chemical variation of the surface with corrosion. Grain boundary attack was found to be significant for both alumina and SiC polycrystalline variants.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Environmental Degradation of Materials in Nuclear Power Systems – Water Reactors
Editors	Michael Wright, Denise Paraventi, John H. Jackson
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	269-280
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Print)	9783319684536
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68454-3_23
State	Published - 2018
Event	18th International Conference on Environmental Degradation of Materials in Nuclear Power Systems - Water Reactors, 2017 - Portland, United States Duration: Aug 13 2017 → Aug 17 2017

Publication series

Name	Minerals, Metals and Materials Series
Volume	Part F11
ISSN (Print)	2367-1181
ISSN (Electronic)	2367-1696

Conference

Conference	18th International Conference on Environmental Degradation of Materials in Nuclear Power Systems - Water Reactors, 2017
Country/Territory	United States
City	Portland
Period	08/13/17 → 08/17/17

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Notice of Copyright This manuscript has been authored by UT-Battelle, LLC under Contract No. DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the U.S. Department of Energy. The United States Government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the United States Government retains a non-exclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, world-wide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for United States Government purposes. The Department of Energy will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan (http://www. energy.gov/downloads/doe-public-access-plan).

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Keywords

ATF
Accident-tolerant fuel
AlO
Hydrothermal corrosion
SiC

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Doyle, P. J., Raiman, S. S., Rebak, R., & Terrani, K. A. (2018). Characterization of the hydrothermal corrosion behavior of ceramics for accident tolerant fuel cladding. In M. Wright, D. Paraventi, & J. H. Jackson (Eds.), Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Environmental Degradation of Materials in Nuclear Power Systems – Water Reactors (pp. 269-280). (Minerals, Metals and Materials Series; Vol. Part F11). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68454-3_23

Doyle, Peter J. ; Raiman, Stephen S. ; Rebak, R. et al. / Characterization of the hydrothermal corrosion behavior of ceramics for accident tolerant fuel cladding. Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Environmental Degradation of Materials in Nuclear Power Systems – Water Reactors. editor / Michael Wright ; Denise Paraventi ; John H. Jackson. Springer International Publishing, 2018. pp. 269-280 (Minerals, Metals and Materials Series).

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Characterization of the hydrothermal corrosion behavior of ceramics for accident tolerant fuel cladding. / Doyle, Peter J.; Raiman, Stephen S.; Rebak, R. et al.
Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Environmental Degradation of Materials in Nuclear Power Systems – Water Reactors. ed. / Michael Wright; Denise Paraventi; John H. Jackson. Springer International Publishing, 2018. p. 269-280 (Minerals, Metals and Materials Series; Vol. Part F11).

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Doyle PJ, Raiman SS, Rebak R, Terrani KA. Characterization of the hydrothermal corrosion behavior of ceramics for accident tolerant fuel cladding. In Wright M, Paraventi D, Jackson JH, editors, Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Environmental Degradation of Materials in Nuclear Power Systems – Water Reactors. Springer International Publishing. 2018. p. 269-280. (Minerals, Metals and Materials Series). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-68454-3_23

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