Ng. Petrik, A MODEL FOR RADIATION CORROSION OF ZIRCONIUM CLADDING OF FUEL-ELEMENTS IN BOILING WATER NUCLEAR-REACTORS - II - LOCAL CORROSION, High energy chemistry, 32(1), 1998, pp. 1-4
A model of local corrosion of zirconium fuel-element claddings in boil
ing water nuclear reactors is worked out on the basis of the effect of
local boiling under conditions of nonuniform thickness of the corrosi
on depositions on the cladding surface. A rate equation for local corr
osion of zirconium fuel-element claddings, which includes thermal and
radiation components, is proposed.