[G] Nuclear Materials

[220] Investigation of Hoop Tensile Behavior in Chromium-Coated Zircaloy for Accident Tolerant Fuel Cladding Materials

*Ziqi WEI¹, Bo LI¹, Lijuan CUI², Zongda YANG¹, Kejian WEI¹, Sho KANO¹, Hiroaki Abe¹ (1. The University of Tokyo, 2. Sichuan University (China))

Keywords:Accident Tolerant Fuel (ATF)、Cr coating、Hoop mechanical behaviors、Pulsed laser deposition

This study focused on a preliminary evaluation of the mechanical behaviors of Cr-coated Zircaloy-4 cladding tubes under hoop tensile stress using the Advanced Expansion-Due-to- Compression test.