Hydride reorientation behaviors of PWR cladding tubes under typical interim dry storage conditions were investigatedwith the use of as-received 250 and 485ppm hydrogen-charged Zr-Nb alloy cladding tubes. In order to evaluate theeffect of typical cool-down processes on the radial hydride precipitation, two terminal heat-up temperatures of 300 and400ºC, as well as two terminal cool-down temperatures of 200 and 300ºC, were considered. In addition, two cooling ratesof 2.5 and 8.0ºC/min during the cool-down processes were taken into account along with zero stress or a tensile hoopstress of 150MPa. It was found that the 250ppm hydrogen-charged specimen experiencing the higher terminal heat-uptemperature and the lower terminal cool-down temperature generated the highest number of radial hydrides during thecool-down process under 150MPa hoop tensile stress, which may be explained by terminal solid hydrogen solubilities forprecipitation, and dissolution and remaining circumferential hydrides at the terminal heat-up temperatures. In addition, theslower cool-down rate generates the larger number of radial hydrides due to a cooling rate-dependent, longer residencetime at a relatively high temperature that can accelerate the radial hydride nucleation and growth.