ASTM B811-13(2022)e1

Annotation of standard text ASTM B811-13(2022)e1 :

This specification covers seamless wrought zirconium-alloy tubes for nuclear reactor fuel cladding application. Two grades of reactor grade zirconium alloys are described. Tubes covered by this specification shall be made from ingots produced by multiple vacuum arc or electron beam melting in furnaces of a type conventionally used for reactive materials. The tubes shall conform to the requirements for chemical composition prescribed. Recrsytallisation annealed tubes shall conform to the requirements for mechanical properties at room temperature prescribed. The tension test shall be conducted. Yield strength and tension properties shall be determined. Burst testing, when specified, shall be performed at room temperature on finished tubing.


Keywords:
fuel cladding, nuclear fuel, nuclear reactor, seamless, tubing, zirconium alloy,, ICS Number Code 23.040.15 (Non-ferrous metal pipes)