Advanced cladding yields different reactor performance and safety characteristics.
Differences are due to cladding material properties, reactor physics, and thermal hydraulics characteristics.
Similar reactivity accident neutronic behavior for SiC-SiC-based cladding versus reference Zircaloy cladding.
FeCrAl cladding response indicates similar energy deposition but with shorter pulses of higher magnitude.
Cladding material and fuel design make a difference for core and fuel response.