Zircaloy
AmericanEtymology
Origin of Zircaloy
First recorded in 1955–60; zirc(onium) + al(l)oy
Example Sentences
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As the temperature rose around the core, the zircaloy cladding on the fuel rods began to react with the steam, oxidizing and releasing hydrogen.
From Science Magazine
Spent fuel recently discharged from a reactor could heat up relatively rapidly to temperatures at which the zircaloy fuel cladding could catch fire and the fuel's volatile fission product, including 30-year half-life Cs, would be released.
From Time
The temperature of the nuclear reactor's core fuel shoots up, melting its zircaloy shielding.
From Time Magazine Archive
Housed in a pressure-cooker-like reactor vessel, the core is filled with pellets of fissionable uranium packed in bundles of thin cylindrical zircaloy rods.
From Time Magazine Archive
Essentially, these wastes are used-up nuclear fuel in the form of long, needle-like rods encased in zircaloy metal sheaths.
From Time Magazine Archive
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