Zircaloy-2
alloy
Also known as: Zircaloy
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use in nuclear power reactors
- In nuclear reactor: Advanced gas-cooled reactor
…AGR, fuel pins clad in Zircaloy (a trademark for alloys of zirconium having low percentages of chromium, nickel, iron, and tin) and loaded with approximately 2 percent enriched uranium dioxide are placed into zirconium-alloy channels that pierce a graphite moderator block. This design utilizes fast neutron energies and is therefore…
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