Steam oxidation, burst and critical heat flux testing of commercial fecral cladding

B. A. Pint, L. A. Baldesberger, K. A. Kane

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Abstract

A new accident tolerant Fe-12Cr-6Al-2Mo-0.2Si-0.03Y (C26M) fuel cladding was developed in response to the nuclear accident in Japan. Now that large quantities of commercial tubing are being fabricated, integral testing has expanded to include isothermal and non-isothermal steam oxidation testing, loss of coolant accident (LOCA) burst testing and critical heat flux (CHF) behavior. The oxidation behavior is being compared to other FeCrAl compositions and includes protective alumina scale formation during ramp testing at up to 11°C/min to 1475°C. Using standard LOCA conditions of 5°C/s heating in steam, burst testing was conducted with hoop stresses of 20-110 MPa and indicated higher burst temperatures for C26M compared to first generation FeCrAlY compositions without Mo and Si. Using the same LOCA equipment, a new experiment is being developed to simulate CHF conditions and the deformation behavior of C26M was compared to Zircaloy-4.

Original languageEnglish
Pages311-316
Number of pages6
StatePublished - 2019
Event19th International Conference on Environmental Degradation of Materials in Nuclear Power Systems - Water Reactors, EnvDeg 2019 - Boston, United States
Duration: Aug 18 2019Aug 22 2019

Conference

Conference19th International Conference on Environmental Degradation of Materials in Nuclear Power Systems - Water Reactors, EnvDeg 2019
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityBoston
Period08/18/1908/22/19

Funding

The experimental work was conducted by M. Howell, T. Lowe and T. Jordan. N. R. Brown and K. A. Terrani provided invaluable assistance in background and experimental conditions for the CHF experiments. S. S. Raiman and Y. Yamamoto provided useful comments on the manuscript. This research was funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy, Advanced Fuel Campaign of the Nuclear Technology Research and Development program.

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