Before revision: Corrosion and other changes to materials in the reactor Hydriding and waterside corrosion As a nuclear fuel bundle increases in burnup (time in reactor), the radiation begins changing not only the fuel pellets inside the cladding, but the cladding material itself.
After revision: Hydriding and waterside corrosion As a nuclear fuel bundle increases in burnup (time in reactor), the radiation begins changing not only the fuel pellets inside the cladding, but the cladding material itself.