It is among the few countries in the world that has the technology to produce zirconium alloys.

Stainless steel was used in the past, but most reactors now use a zirconium alloy.

As a result the experiments using unirradated zirconium alloy tubes can be misleading.

As fuel temperature went up, zirconium alloy cladding reacted with the hot steam.

They're made from a zirconium alloy lattice.

A addition of a few percent tin is commonly used in zirconium alloys for the cladding of nuclear fuel.

For example, there has been much work on how uranium dioxide based fuel interacts with the zirconium alloy tubing used to cover it.

Zirconium alloys readily react with oxygen, forming a nanometer-thin passivation layer.

Zirconium alloys are corrosion resistant and biocompatible, and therefore can be used for body implants.

Also, there are other substances in the molten pool, which would affect the picture, such as the zirconium alloy cladding round the fuel rods.

Hence the UO2, pellets are contained in zirconium alloy tubes with both ends hermetically sealed.

Zirconium alloys are solid solutions of zirconium or other metals, a common subgroup having the trade mark Zircaloy.

Also, 5-20% of hydrogen diffuses into the zirconium alloy cladding forming zirconium hydrides.

A uranium oxide ceramic is formed into pellets and inserted into zirconium alloy tubes that are bundled together.

The water cooling of reactor zirconium alloys elevates requirement for their resistance to oxidation-related nodular corrosion.

In water cooled reactors, this can be due to the reaction of the the zirconium alloy cladding with the cooling water, which produces hydrogen.

It consists of a zirconium alloy metal substrate that transitions into a ceramic zirconium oxide outer surface.

It develops software for fabrication of zirconium sponge, shaping of zirconium alloys, and conversion processes.

The zirconium alloy tubes are pressurized with helium to try to minimize pellet cladding interaction which can lead to fuel rod failure over long periods.

It is a unique facility where natural and enriched uranium fuel, zirconium alloy cladding and reactor core components are manufactured under one roof.

Nuclear-grade zirconium alloys contain more than 95% Zr, and therefore most of their properties are similar to those of pure zirconium.

It has been noticed that both corrosion and irradiation can alter the properties of the zirconium alloy commonly used as cladding, making it brittle.

It produces "zirconium alloy tubes, bars, and sheets for pressurized water reactors and boiling water reactors".

This talk summarizes a series of three experimental efforts characterizing the mechanical behavior of hydrides in zirconium alloys with high energy synchrotron X-ray diffraction.

Either invaders or a kamikaze attacker could instead target the more poorly protected cooling ponds, where used plutonium sits, encased in great rods of zirconium alloy.