Zirconium alloys are used as the fuel cladding materials in water-cooled nuclear power reactors. Corrosion and hydrogen uptake are two important issues in the application of zirconium alloys, which involves the lifetime of fuel assembles, and the safety and reliability of the operation for nuclear power reactors. Hence, how to improve the corrosion resistance and reduce the amount of hydrogen uptake of the fuel cladding for high burn-up of fuel assemblies need to be further investigated. In this study...