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Applicability of Swaging as an Alternative for the Fabrication of Accident-Tolerant Fuel Cladding

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  • Dae Yun Kim

    (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Gachon University, Gyeonggi-do 13120, Korea)

  • You Na Lee

    (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Gachon University, Gyeonggi-do 13120, Korea)

  • Joon Han Kim

    (SFR Nuclear Fuel Development Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Daejeon 34507, Korea)

  • Yonghee Kim

    (Department of Nuclear and Quantum Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34141, Korea)

  • Young Soo Yoon

    (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Gachon University, Gyeonggi-do 13120, Korea)

Abstract

We suggest an alternative to conventional coating methods for accident-tolerant fuel (ATF) cladding. A Zircaloy-4 tube was inserted into metal tubes of different materials and the inserted tubes were subjected to physical force at room temperature. The manufactured tube exhibited a pseudo-single tube (PST) structure and had higher thermal stability than a Zircaloy-4 tube. Optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy images showed that the PST had a uniform and well-bonded interface structure, i.e., no gaps or voids were found at the interface between the inner and outer tubes. Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy analysis confirmed that the metal components did not interdiffuse at the interface of the PST, even after being kept at 600 and 900 °C for 1 h and rapidly cooled to room temperature. Unlike pure Zircaloy-4 tubes, Zircaloy-4/stainless use steel (SUS) 316 PST did not show significant structural collapse, even after being stored at 1200 °C for 1 h. Based on these results, if a PST was fabricated using a Zircaloy-4 tube thinner than the Zircaloy-4 tube used in this study and an outer tube of micron-scale thickness, swaging may be a feasible alternative to Zircaloy-4-based ATF cladding.

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  • Dae Yun Kim & You Na Lee & Joon Han Kim & Yonghee Kim & Young Soo Yoon, 2020. "Applicability of Swaging as an Alternative for the Fabrication of Accident-Tolerant Fuel Cladding," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(12), pages 1-15, June.
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