Iodine induced stress corrosion cracking mechanisms of zirconium and zircaloy-4. Application to pellet cladding interaction loadings in pressurized water reactors

Authors
Fregonese, M Magnin, T Rouillon, L Lefebvre, F
Citation
M. Fregonese et al., Iodine induced stress corrosion cracking mechanisms of zirconium and zircaloy-4. Application to pellet cladding interaction loadings in pressurized water reactors, ANN CHIM-SC, 24(4-5), 1999, pp. 337-350
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
ANNALES DE CHIMIE-SCIENCE DES MATERIAUX
ISSN journal
01519107 → ACNP
Volume
24
Issue
4-5
Year of publication
1999
Pages
337 - 350
Database
ISI
SICI code
0151-9107(199904/05)24:4-5<337:IISCCM>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
The aim of this work was to explain the very rapid cladding rupture occurin g by iodine-induced Stress Corrosion Cracking, by means of a study of param eters specific to Pellet-Cladding Interaction loadings in Pressurized-Water Reactors (neutron irradiation and recoil implantation).