Abstract:
본 발명의 하나의 목적은 지지격자의 특성을 손상시키지 않고 용접부의 내식성을 향상시켜서 고효율 운전을 충분히 견딜 수 있는 핵연료집합체 지지격자의 제조방법을 제공하는 것이다. 이 목적을 달성하기 위해, 본 발명은, 복수의 스트랩을 격자형상으로 조립하는 단계; 각 스트랩의 교차부를 용접하는 단계; 및 그후에 소둔을 행하여 용접부상에 금속간 화합물을 석출하는 단계를 포함하는 핵연료집합체 지지격자의 제조방법을 제공한다.
Abstract:
A tube, for use in a fuel canister or to guide a control rod in a nuclear reactor, is made of an alloy comprising mainly Zr plus 0.4-0.6 wt.% Sn, 0.5-0.8% Fe, 0.35-0.75% V, 0.10-0.18% O, 100-180 ppm C and 50-120 ppm Si, the alloy being completely recrystallised. Also claimed is a process for mfg. the above tube in which a cast ingot of the above alloy is forged into a bar, then heated to the beta phase and quenched in water, annealed in the alpha phase at 640-760, pref. 730 degrees C, drawn and pierced to tubular form, annealed again at 640-760, pref. 700 degrees C, and then subjected to successive cold rollings to reduce the tube wall thickness with heating to 640-760 degrees C under vacuum or inert atmosphere between rollings. Finally the tube is annealed at 560-650 degrees C. The parameter A representing the sum of heat treatments is between 10 and 10 .
Abstract:
PURPOSE: To improve the corrosion resistance of a weld part so as to sufficiently withstand high efficiency operation. CONSTITUTION: A support grid is formed by assembling a plurality of straps in grid shape. The intersecting parts of the respective straps are welded and then subjected to recrystallization annealing. The recrystallization annealing is performed in a heat treating furnace in a vacuum or inert gas atmosphere, and as the recrystallization annealing condition, the heating temperature is set to 430-750°C and held for 0.5-24 hours. In the strap of a zircaloy, the crystal of a β-phase which is a high temperature metal phase is changed into a prior β-phase of quenched texture by quenching after welding, to lower corrosion resistance, but the prior β-phase of the quenched texture of the weld part is adjusted by recrystallization annealing afterwards to precipitate intermetallic compounds Fe, Cr in the supersaturated state, thus improving the corrosion resistance of the weld part.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a method of producing a cladding tube for nuclear fuel for a nuclear pressure water reactor. According to the method, a tube is formed which at least principally consists of a cylindrical tube component (1) of a Zr-based alloy, with a Nb content between 0.5 and 2.4 weight percent. The cladding tube is finally annealed at a temperature and during a time such that said tube component (1) is partly recrystallized but not completely recrystallized. The invention also concerns a cladding tube, a fuel assembly for a pressure water reactor and the use of a cladding tube.