Dr Xavier Van Heule
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Currently researching methods of measuring residual stress in spent AGR fuel pin cladding at different length scales in order to investigate the correlation between the residual stress distributions and the cladding's Stress Corrosion Cracking behaviour in wet interim storage.
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Multi-scale Characterisation of Residual Stress in AGR Fuel Cladding
Description
Residual stresses in the stainless steel cladding of spent Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor fuel elements affect their behaviour during storage. For example, in a fuel storage pond the cladding can experience…Managing organisational unit
Department of Mechanical EngineeringDates
01/11/2019 to 31/10/2023
Publications
Recent publications
07/10/2022Measurement of residual stress in spent AGR fuel cladding using incremental centre hole drilling
Thesis
Multi-Scale Characterization of Residual Stresses in Spent AGR Fuel Cladding
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Award date
07/05/2024
