The application discloses a preparation method of a
zirconium alloy rod for a
nuclear fuel assembly end plug, and comprises the following steps: first, a
zirconium alloy forging rod is subjected to
machining and
lubrication, heated and kept warm, and then extruded, and after
extrusion, the extruded rod blank is obtained by sequentially performing straightening and
polishing treatment; second, the extruded rod blank is heated and kept warm again, and then subjected to multi-pass hot rolling, and after hot rolling, the hot-rolled rod blank is obtained by centerless peeling; third, the hot-rolled rod blank is subjected to multi-pass pilger two-roll cold rolling to obtain a cold-rolled rod blank; fourth, the cold-rolled rod blank is subjected to
vacuum annealing treatment to obtain an annealed rod blank; and finally, the annealed rod blank is subjected to finishing treatment, which sequentially comprises straightening,
centerless grinding and
degreasing, so that the target product is obtained; and the key parameters such as temperature,
holding time and deformation amount of each step are strictly controlled. The preparation method breaks through the key technology of long rod cold rolling, realizes large plastic deformation of the
zirconium alloy rod, significantly reduces deformation passes and intermediate heat treatment, and thus breaks through the problems of non-uniform structure, low production efficiency and insufficient product precision and the like existing in the traditional process.