Fabrication of bulk delta-phase Zirconium Hydride from Zircaloy-4 for use as moderators in microreactors

D. Parkison, Matheus Tunes, T. J. Nizolek, Tarik A. Saleh, Peter Martin Hosemann, Caitlin Kohnert

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Original languageEnglish
Article number115771
Number of pages7
JournalScripta Materialia
Volume239.2024
Issue number15 January
DOIs
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 10 Oct 2023

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Funding Information:
Research presented in this article was supported by the Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) program of Los Alamos National Laboratory primarily under project number 20220597ECR . MAT acknowledges support from the LDRD program 20200689PRD2 . This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy under DOE Idaho Operations Office Contract DE-AC07-051D14517 as part of a Nuclear Science User Facilities experiment. This work was supported by the NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) through the Space Nuclear Propulsion (SNP) project. This material is based upon work supported by the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration through the Nuclear Science and Security Consortium under Award Number DE-NA0003996 . Disclaimer: “This report was prepared as an account of work sponsored by an agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, makes any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof. The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency thereof.”

Funding Information:
Research presented in this article was supported by the Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) program of Los Alamos National Laboratory primarily under project number 20220597ECR. MAT acknowledges support from the LDRD program 20200689PRD2. This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy under DOE Idaho Operations Office Contract DE-AC07-051D14517 as part of a Nuclear Science User Facilities experiment. This work was supported by the NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) through the Space Nuclear Propulsion (SNP) project. This material is based upon work supported by the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration through the Nuclear Science and Security Consortium under Award Number DE-NA0003996. Disclaimer: “This report was prepared as an account of work sponsored by an agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, makes any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof. The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency thereof.”

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Keywords

  • Electron-microscopy
  • Hydride characterization
  • Zircaloy-4
  • Zirconium Hydrides

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