Monitoring of corrosion in ORGDP cylinder yards

Conference · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:6116152

Henson, H M; Barlow, C R; Frazier, J L; Ziehlke, K T

Uranium hexafluoride (UF/sub 6/) throughout the nuclear fuel cycle is handled and stored in cylinders which are designed, manufactured, and maintained in accordance with the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code for unfired pressure vessels (Section VIII). There are presently more than 40,000 of these cylinders within the DOE Oak Ridge Operations complex currently used for the storage of isotopically depleted material (process tailings). These tails cylinders, in 10- and 14-ton sizes, are 48 inches in diameter and were originally constructed of steel ASTM A285, then since 1978 of steel ASTM A516. The corrosion and monitoring of corrosion of the cylinders is discussed. 8 refs., 6 figs.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 6116152
• Report Number(s): CONF-890601-1; ON: DE89014080
• Resource Relation: Conference: Packaging and transportation of radioactive materials: PATRAM '89, Arlington, VA, USA, 11 Jun 1989; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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CORROSION
STEEL-ASTM-A516
URANIUM HEXAFLUORIDE
CONTAINERS
ENVIRONMENT
METALLOGRAPHY
MONITORING
ORGDP
ULTRASONIC WAVES
ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS
ALLOYS
CARBON STEELS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
FLUORIDES
FLUORINE COMPOUNDS
GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANTS
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
IRON ALLOYS
IRON BASE ALLOYS
ISOTOPE SEPARATION PLANTS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
SOUND WAVES
STEELS
URANIUM COMPOUNDS
URANIUM FLUORIDES
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
052002* - Nuclear Fuels- Waste Disposal & Storage
050501 - Nuclear Fuels- Uranium Enrichment- Gaseous Diffusion- (-1989)
360105 - Metals & Alloys- Corrosion & Erosion