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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2017
Commissariat a L'energie Atomique ET Aux Energies Alternatives, Paris, FR;
Jean-Christophe Brachet, Villebon-sur-Yvette, FR;
Alain Billard, Exincourt, FR;
Fédéric Schuster, St Germain-en-Laye, FR;
Marion Le Flem, Fontenay Aux Roses, FR;
Isabel Idarraga-Trujillo, Manosque, FR;
Matthieu Le Saux, Massy, FR;
Fernando Lomello, Gif-sur-Yvette, FR;
Abstract
The invention relates to a nuclear fuel cladding comprising: i) a substrate containing a zirconium-based inner layer, optionally coated with at least one intermediate layer formed by at least one intermediate material selected from among tantalum, molybdenum, tungsten, niobium, vanadium, hafnium or the alloys thereof; and ii) at least one protective outer layer placed on the substrate and formed by a protective material selected from either chromium or an alloy of chromium. The nuclear fuel cladding produced using the method of the invention has improved resistance to oxidation/hydriding. The invention also relates to the method for the production of the nuclear fuel cladding by ion etching of the surface of the substrate and deposition of the outer layer on the substrate with a high power impulse magnetron sputtering method (HiPIMS), as well as to the use thereof to protect against oxidation and/or hydriding.