To test
SiC cladding under normal operating conditions, the MIT team used a three - layer cladding design that features a middle layer made of a composite of SiC fibers reinforced with more SiC.
Not exact matches
Other groups have suggested the use of
SiC for
cladding, but the material had never been subjected to the detailed tests and simulations that the MIT team carried out.
Tests of the new
cladding material, a ceramic compound called silicon carbide (
SiC), are described in a series of papers appearing in the journal Nuclear Technology.