[3A01-05] Fuel Cladding Materials 1

[3A05] Development of Cr-coated Zircaloy for Accident TolerantFuels

(5) Materials design and surface reactions of Cr by first principle calculations

*Ying Chen¹, Theressa Davey¹, Masatake Yamaguchi², Akira Nakayama³, Kazuhiro Takanabe³, Hiroaki Abe³ (1. Tohoku University, 2. Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 3. The University of Tokyo)

Keywords:Accident Tolerant Fuels, Alloy design, Surface reaction, First-principles

This presentation is the 5th in a series of presentations on "Development of Cr-coated Zircaloy for Accident Tolerant Fuels". Result of Cr alloy design and chemical reaction for hydrogen generation on Cr surface based on the first-principles calculation will be presented.