Andrew Ralph Warwick Rhys Thomas Max Boleininger Ömer Koç Gyula Zilahi Gabor Ribarik Zoltan Hegedues Ulrich Lienert Tamas Ungar Christopher Race Michael Preuss Philipp Frankel Sergei Lvovich Dudarev
Zirconium alloys are widely used as the fuel cladding material in pressurised water reactors where a significant population of defects and dislocations is produced by exposure to neutrons. We present and interpret synchrotron microbeam X-ray diffraction measurements of proton- irradiated Zircaloy-4, where we identify a transient peak and the sub…
PublishedR. Thomas Ö. Koç T. Ungar G. Zilahi H. Xu Z. Hegedues U. Lienert G. Ribarik H. Sharma P. Kenesei M. Preuss P. Frankel
During operation, structural components made of zirconium alloys are subject to neutron irradiation, which leads to the displacement of zirconium atoms from their lattice sites, the production of self-interstitials and vacancies, and eventually dislocation loops. This process can lead to deleterious effects such as irradiation growth, creep and …
Preprint PurchaseMia Maric Rhys Thomas Tamas Ungar Gyula Zilahi Callum Hunt David Lunt Jack Donoghue Kieran Lynch Philipp Frankel Pierre Barberis Florent Bourlier Michael Preuss Pratheek Shanthraj
Hydride precipitation and reorientation has the potential to embrittle zirconium alloys. This study aims to better understand the influence of the Zr microstructure on hydride precipitation and reorientation. Specifically, the crystallography, phase stability and morphology of hydride precipitation was correlated to microstructural variations due t…
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