Zirconium alloy fuel cladding for operation in aggressive water chemistry
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국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
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국제특허분류(IPC7판)
C22F-001/18
C22C-016/00
출원번호
US-0935157
(2004-09-08)
등록번호
US-9139895
(2015-09-22)
발명자
/ 주소
White, David
Lutz, Daniel R.
Lin, Yang-Pi
Schardt, John
Potts, Gerald
출원인 / 주소
Global Nuclear Fuel—Americas, LLC
대리인 / 주소
Harness, Dickey & Pierce
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Disclosed herein are zirconium-based alloys and methods of fabricating nuclear reactor components, particularly fuel cladding tubes, from such alloys that exhibit improved corrosion resistance in aggressive coolant compositions. The fabrication steps include a late-stage β-treatment on the outer reg
Disclosed herein are zirconium-based alloys and methods of fabricating nuclear reactor components, particularly fuel cladding tubes, from such alloys that exhibit improved corrosion resistance in aggressive coolant compositions. The fabrication steps include a late-stage β-treatment on the outer region of the tubes. The zirconium-based alloys will include between about 1.30 and 1.60 wt % tin; between about 0.06 and 0.15 wt % chromium; between about 0.16 and 0.24 wt % iron, and between 0.05 and 0.08 wt % nickel, with the total content of the iron, chromium and nickel comprising above about 0.31 wt % of the alloy and will be characterized by second phase precipitates having an average size typically less than about 40 nm. The final finished cladding will have a surface roughness of less than about 0.50 μm Ra and preferably less then about 0.10 μm Ra.
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1. A method for manufacturing a nuclear reactor component comprising: preparing a zirconium-base alloy including a tin content of between about 1.30 and 1.60 wt %;a chromium content of between about 0.06 and 0.15 wt %;an iron content of between about 0.17 and 0.24 wt %; anda nickel content of betwee
1. A method for manufacturing a nuclear reactor component comprising: preparing a zirconium-base alloy including a tin content of between about 1.30 and 1.60 wt %;a chromium content of between about 0.06 and 0.15 wt %;an iron content of between about 0.17 and 0.24 wt %; anda nickel content of between about 0.05 and 0.08 wt %;wherein a total content of the iron, chromium and nickel included in the zirconium-base alloy is no less than about 0.31 wt %; a balance being zirconium and unavoidable impurities;forming a hollow billet from the zirconium-base alloy, the hollow billet having an outer diameter ranging from 40 to 100 mm;performing a rapid β-quench on the hollow billet with a quench rate on an outer surface of at least 50° C./second to a temperature below 300° C. to form a quenched billet;forming the nuclear reactor component from the quenched billet;performing a post-extrusion late-stage beta quench on the component with a quench rate on the outer surface of at least 100° C./second to a temperature below 300° C.; andcompleting formation of the nuclear reactor component; wherein formation of the nuclear reactor component is limited to an extrusion temperature of less than about 680° C. and a temperature less than about 625° C. at all stages after extrusion, exclusive of the post-extrusion late-stage solution treatment;wherein the nuclear reactor component includes a surface region including secondary phase precipitates, the secondary phase precipitates having a mean diameter no greater than about 40 nm; andfurther wherein a wetted surface of the nuclear reactor component has a surface roughness no greater than about 0.50 μm Ra. 2. The method for manufacturing a nuclear reactor component according to claim 1, wherein: the zirconium-base alloy is Zircaloy-2 andthe iron content is between about 0.17 and 0.20 wt %. 3. The method for manufacturing a nuclear reactor component according to claim 1, wherein: the zirconium-base alloy is Zircaloy-2 andthe iron content is between about 0.18 and 0.22 wt %. 4. The method for manufacturing a nuclear reactor component according to claim 1, wherein: the iron content is between about 0.20 and 0.24 wt %. 5. The method for manufacturing a nuclear reactor component according to claim 1, wherein: the surface roughness is no more than about 0.25 μm Ra. 6. The method for manufacturing a nuclear reactor component according to claim 1, wherein: the surface roughness is no more than about 0.10 μm Ra. 7. The method for manufacturing a nuclear reactor component according to claim 1, wherein: forming the nuclear reactor component from the quenched billet includes one or more operations selected from the group consisting of extrusion, coextrusion, hot rolling, cold rolling, milling, polishing, pilgering, stress relief or recrystallization anneals, and heat treating. 8. The method for manufacturing a nuclear reactor component according to claim 7, wherein: any stress relief or recrystallization anneal conducted when forming the nuclear reactor component is conducted at a temperature of less than about 625° C. 9. The method for manufacturing a nuclear reactor component according to claim 1, wherein: the zirconium-base alloy is Zircaloy-2 andthe secondary phase precipitates have a mean size between about 20 nm and about 40 nm. 10. The method for manufacturing a nuclear reactor component according to claim 1, wherein: the zirconium-base alloy is Zircaloy-2 andthe secondary phase precipitates have a mean size no greater than about 30 nm. 11. The method for manufacturing a nuclear reactor component according to claim 1, further comprising: forming a smooth surface on a major portion of an exterior surface of the nuclear reactor component, the smooth surface having an average surface roughness no greater than about 0.25 μm Ra. 12. The method for manufacturing a nuclear reactor component according to claim 1, further comprising: forming a smooth surface on a major portion of an exterior surface of the nuclear reactor component, the smooth surface having an average surface roughness no greater than about 0.15 μm Ra. 13. The method for manufacturing a nuclear reactor component according to claim 1, further comprising: forming a smooth surface on a major portion of an exterior surface of the nuclear reactor component, the smooth surface having an average surface roughness no greater than about 0.10 μm Ra. 14. The method for manufacturing a nuclear reactor component according to claim 1, further comprising: forming a second hollow billet, the second hollow billet including zirconium;combining the quenched hollow billet and the second hollow billet to form a composite hollow billet, whereby an interior surface of the second hollow billet forms an interior surface of the composite hollow billet; andforming the nuclear reactor component from the composite hollow billet. 15. The method for manufacturing a nuclear reactor component according to claim 14, wherein: the second hollow billet consists essentially of zirconium. 16. The method for manufacturing a nuclear reactor component according to claim 14, wherein: the second hollow billet includes zirconium microalloyed with between about 0.085 and about 0.20 wt % iron. 17. The method for manufacturing a nuclear reactor component according to claim 1, wherein the post-extrusion late-stage beta quench has a quench rate on the outer surface of 500° C./second. 18. The method for manufacturing a nuclear reactor component according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the rapid β-quench and the post-extrusion late-stage beta quench is performed to a temperature below 250° C. 19. The method for manufacturing a nuclear reactor component according to claim 1, wherein the component has a wall thickness of 0.75 mm.
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