A method for stabilizing the corrosion resistance of a cladding tube made of a zirconium alloy for a core reactor fuel rod

摘要

The cladding tube (2) is set in rotation about the tube axis during annealing by moving it through an annealing zone and subsequent quenching with a coolant; in this way, a cladding tube is obtained which shows no fractures in the tube wall, no coarsened secondary precipitations and no distortions. IMAGE