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Pressure bonding Zircaloy-2 clad fuel elements [PDF]

, 1959
A metallurgical bond can be effected between a Zircaloy-2 jacket and a thin walled uranium tube by treatment in a high temperature, high pressure gas autoclave. Bonding is independent of core history, provided that all surfaces are free from contamination.
openaire   +2 more sources

Flammability of Facades Across Scales and International Standards

Fire and Materials, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Facade fires are a rare but destructive hazard that can lead to the rapid spread of fire between the floors and fire compartments of a building. Today, there are at least 21 different national standards for facade fire tests in use around the world, which seek to categorize facades based on their flammability.
Matthew Bonner, Wojciech Węgrzyński, Jakub Bielawski, Guillermo Rein   +3 more
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Burning Lessons: The Failure to Learn From Major Fire Incidents

Fire and Materials, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Major fire disasters continue to cause substantial loss of life, economic damage, and social disruption worldwide. Although investigations occur in most countries, lessons learned are often fragmented, published in incompatible formats, or not published at all.
Anja Hofmann‐Boellinghaus, Dirk Aschenbrenner   +1 more
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HRR–Time Behaviour of Untreated Wood Under SBI Conditions: Implications for the Interpretation of FIGRA and THR600

Fire and Materials, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Reaction‐to‐fire classification of wood‐based materials in Europe relies on SBI‐derived parameters such as FIGRA and THR600. While these parameters provide a robust and practical basis for classification, their relationship to the underlying HRR–time development remains difficult to interpret.
Steven J. Paulussen
wiley   +1 more source

Chromium Salt: A Review of Salt Formation, Hygroscopic Properties, and Impact on 316 L Corrosion in Hydrochloric Acid

Materials and Corrosion, EarlyView.
This article examines the impact of externally introduced chromium compounds on the localized corrosion of 316 L stainless steel in acidic chloride environments such as hydrochloric acid. While the corrosion resistance of 316 L relies on the formation of a chromium‐rich passive oxide layer, industrial conditions may expose the steel to various chromium
Florence Lequien
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of Cladding Failure on FCCI Layer and Fission Product Behavior

Yuanzineng kexue jishu
Nuclear fuel rods are the first barrier preventing the release of fission products to the environment in the operation of nuclear power plants. Zirconium alloys are favored for their advantages, such as a low neutron absorption cross-section, excellent ...
SONG Wulin, PANG Huimei, CHENG Huanlin, JI Songtao, WANG Huacai
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Nutritional properties, traditional uses and potential new applications for the sotol plant (Asparagaceae, Convallarioideae): A review

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Sotol (Dasylirion spp.) is a resilient desert plant that sustains ecosystems, cultures and livelihoods in Chihuahua Desert. Our review highlights its nutritional properties, traditional uses and potential new applications in food, pharmaceuticals, renewable energy and water remediation. By synthesizing evidence across disciplines, we show how sotol can
Dámaris Leopoldina Ojeda Barrios, Antonio Martínez Ruiz, Marisela Calderón Jurado, Ramón Saúl Luján Aguirre, Juan Luis Jacobo Cuellar, Oscar Sariñana‐Aldaco, María Teresa Martínez Damián, Oscar Cruz Alvarez   +7 more
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Fire Testing and Hazard Assessment for Flame Retardant Polymer Composites

Safety Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Flame retardant polymer composites are now being evaluated with more than pass or fail flammability tests. Heat release, smoke, toxicity, and system‐level behavior are receiving more attention, and multi‐scale methods are being used to describe fire hazard under more realistic conditions.
Shuheng Wang, Min Yue, Junjie Ren, Fei Ren, Bin Zou, Xiaodong Qian, Ye‐Tang Pan, Congling Shi, Sheng Zhang   +8 more
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Development of FEMAXI-ATF for analyzing PCMI behavior of SiC cladded fuel under power ramp conditions

Nuclear Engineering and Technology
FEMAXI-ATF is being developed for fuel performance modeling of SiC cladded UO2 fuel with focuses on modeling pellet-cladding mechanical interactions (PCMI). The code considers probability distributions of mechanical strengths of monolithic SiC (mSiC) and
Yoshihiro Kubo, Akifumi Yamaji
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Deregulation, government failure, and tragedy: The Report of Phase 2 of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry

Economic Affairs, EarlyView.
Abstract The Inquiry into the fire at Grenfell Tower, London, in 2017 has exposed the failures that led to the tragedy in a commendably exhaustive manner. But the explanation of those failures is seriously inadequate. First, they are attributed to deregulation, when the Inquiry itself details the ways in which the cladding of the building was subject ...
David Campbell
wiley   +1 more source