High-resolution neutron imaging: Investigating anisotropic hydride structure in Zircaloy-4 nuclear fuel cladding

Funding

This work was supported by the US Department of Energy Nuclear Energy Fuel Aging in Storage and Transportation IRP under Grant Number IRP-2011-05352 and by the US Department of Energy Accident Tolerant Fuel IRP under Contract Number IRP-12-4728. In addition, this work was supported by the University of Illinois Campus Research Board under Award Number RB17006. The use of the CG-1D Cold Neutron Imaging Facility at the High Flux Isotope Reactor, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, is supported by the Scientific User Facilities Division, the Office of Basic Energy Sciences, U.S. Department of Energy. The Zircaloy 4 tube cladding was supplied by Westinghouse Electric Corporation by P. Xu and this is gratefully acknowledged. This work was supported by the US Department of Energy Nuclear Energy Fuel Aging in Storage and Transportation IRP under Grant Number IRP-2011-05352 and by the US Department of Energy Accident Tolerant Fuel IRP under Contract Number IRP-12- 4728. In addition, this work was supported by the University of Illinois Campus Research Board under Award Number RB17006. The use of the CG-1D Cold Neutron Imaging Facility at the High Flux Isotope Reactor, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, is supported by the Scientific User Facilities Division, the Office of Basic Energy Sciences, U.S. Department of Energy. The Zircaloy 4 tube cladding was supplied by Westinghouse Electric Corporation by P. Xu and this is gratefully acknowledged.