SYMPOSIA PAPER Published: 01 January 1975
STP33688S

Dose Dependence of Irradiation Creep of Zircaloy-2

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Periodic diameter measurements have been carried out on a number of the cold worked Zircaloy-2 pressure tubes in a steam generating heavy water reactor. Sufficient results are now available for statistical treatment, and they can be expressed as a function of the dose. The creep strain can be expressed equally well by two relationships, one involving a linear correlation with the dose and the other, a term of dose to the power of 0.6. After 30 years operation it is predicted that the pressure tube creep strains will be within the range of 1 to 3 percent. Observed differences in creep strain on tubes from different suppliers may be due to texture differences.

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Wood, DS
Risley Engineering and Materials Laboratory, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Risley, Warrington, England
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Developed by Committee: E10
Pages: 207–217
DOI: 10.1520/STP33688S
ISBN-EB: 978-0-8031-4653-2
ISBN-13: 978-0-8031-0539-3