The main results of development work and post-reactor studies of different structural materials for fuel-element cladding and hexahedral fuel-assembly jackets for sodium-cooled fast reactors are examined. Austenitic and ferritic-martensitic steels, including steel obtained by powder metallurgy, are examined as promising materials for fuel-element cladding for staged increase of fuel burnup.
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Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 108, No. 4, pp. 217–222, April, 2010.
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Tselishchev, A.V., Ageev, V.S., Budanov, Y.P. et al. Development of structural steel for fuel elements and fuel assemblies of sodium-cooled fast reactors. At Energy 108, 274–280 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10512-010-9289-9
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