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Taking nuclear fuel cladding as an example, and with a word limit of 500 words and properly referenced, discuss the implications for long term usage, and recommend options for increasing the effective life in service. You can focus on one key effect arising such as: Swelling Stress / Strain Creep Cracking Stress Corrosion Cracking Embrittlement inc Hydride embrittlement Pellet Cladding Interactions Thermal Conductivity Expansion Radiation Induced segregation
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Introduction
Nuclear fuel refers to a substance used to produce heat in nuclear power stations to power
turbines. These turbines are used to generate electricity for public consumption at their respective
homes, schools, health institutions and companies/industries. Heat used to run the turbines is
created through a process of nuclear fusion or nuclear fission. It is the nuclear fuel (usually an
Isotope of either plutonium or uranium) which undergoes the process of fusion or fission to
generate heat. Almost 23% of American electricity comes from nuclear power plants. This
makes the US be amongst the world’s l...