JournalofASTMInternationalSelectedTechnicalPapersSTP1529ZirconiumintheNuclearIndustry:16thInternationalSymposiumJAIGuestEditors:MagnusLimbäckPierreBarbérisASTMInternational100BarrHarborDrivePOBoxC700WestConshohocken,PA19428-2959PrintedintheU.S.A.ASTMStock#:STP1529LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationDataISBN:978-0-8031-7515-0ISSN:1050-7558Copyright©2011ASTMINTERNATIONAL,WestConshohocken,PA.Allrightsreserved.Thismaterialmaynotbereproducedorcopied,inwholeorinpart,inanyprinted,mechanical,electronic,film,orotherdistributionandstoragemedia,withoutthewrittenconsentofthepublisher.JournalofASTMInternational(JAI)ScopeTheJAIisamulti-disciplinaryforumtoservetheinternationalscientificandengineeringcommunitythroughthetimelypublicationoftheresultsoforiginalresearchandcriticalreviewarticlesinthephysicalandlifesciencesandengineeringtechnologies.Thesepeer-reviewedpaperscoverdiversetopicsrelevanttothescienceandresearchthatestablishthefoundationforstandardsdevelopmentwithinASTMInternational.PhotocopyRightsAuthorizationtophotocopyitemsforinternal,personal,oreducationalclassroomuse,ortheinternal,personal,oreducationalclassroomuseofspecificclients,isgrantedbyASTMInternationalprovidedthattheappropriatefeeispaidtoASTMInternational,100BarrHarborDrive,P.O.BoxC700,WestConshohocken,PA19428-2959,Tel:610-832-9634;online:http://www.astm.org/copyright.TheSocietyisnotresponsible,asabody,forthestatementsandopinionsexpressedinthispublication.ASTMInternationaldoesnotendorseanyproductsrepresentedinthispublication.PeerReviewPolicyEachpaperpublishedinthisvolumewasevaluatedbytwopeerreviewersandatleastoneeditor.Theauthorsaddressedallofthereviewers’commentstothesatisfactionofboththetechnicaleditor(s)andtheASTMInternationalCommitteeonPublications.Thequalityofthepapersinthispublicationreflectsnotonlytheobviouseffortsoftheau-thorsandthetechnicaleditor(s),butalsotheworkofthepeerreviewers.Inkeepingwithlong-standingpublicationpractices,ASTMInternationalmaintainstheanonymityofthepeerreviewers.TheASTMIn...
