Tag Archives: Loss-of-Coolant Accident (LOCA)
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Coated Molybdenum-Alloy Cladding for Accident-Tolerant Fuel: Progress Report
While the reliability of zirconium alloys for nuclear fuel cladding in light water reactors has been excellent, the Fukushima accident illustrated the vulnerability of these alloys to rapid steam oxidation during a severe accident when the reactor core is interrupted for a long time. EPRI has conducted a feasibility study for a coated molybdenum alloy […]
