Corrosion-product release in light water reactors

Technical Report · Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:6905954

Lister, D H

This research project is aimed at studying corrosion-product release from a range of reactor alloys under both PWR and BWR coolant chemistry conditions. The results of such a study will be ued to recommend ways by which corrosion-product release, and subsequent radiation fields, can be minimized in reactors. The investigation of corrosion-product release has so far employed three main techniques: in-reactor loop experiments to provide data on the effects of coolant chemistry and reactor irradiation; out-reactor loop experiments to provide kinetics data on release; and a combined radiotracer-surface analytical study of oxide films to provide mechanistic information on release. The results of the first year of the program are presented and discussed.

• Research Organization: Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., Chalk River, Ontario. Chalk River Nuclear Labs.
• OSTI ID: 6905954
• Report Number(s): EPRI-NP-3460; ON: TI84920347
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
INCONEL 600
CORROSION PRODUCTS
PWR TYPE REACTORS
RADIOACTIVITY TRANSPORT
STAINLESS STEEL-304
STELLITE 6
CHROMIUM 51
COBALT 60
COOLANT LOOPS
IRON 59
KINETICS
RADIATION EFFECTS
SURFACES
TRACER TECHNIQUES
ALLOYS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CHROMIUM ALLOYS
CHROMIUM ISOTOPES
CHROMIUM STEELS
CHROMIUM-NICKEL STEELS
COBALT ALLOYS
COBALT BASE ALLOYS
COBALT ISOTOPES
COOLING SYSTEMS
CORROSION RESISTANT ALLOYS
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES
ENERGY SYSTEMS
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
HEAT RESISTANT MATERIALS
HEAT RESISTING ALLOYS
INCONEL ALLOYS
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES
IRON ALLOYS
IRON BASE ALLOYS
IRON ISOTOPES
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS
ISOTOPES
MATERIALS
MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
NICKEL ALLOYS
NICKEL BASE ALLOYS
NIOBIUM ALLOYS
NUCLEI
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
RADIOISOTOPES
REACTORS
STAINLESS STEELS
STEELS
STELLITE
TUNGSTEN ALLOYS
WATER COOLED REACTORS
WATER MODERATED REACTORS
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
210200* - Power Reactors
Nonbreeding
Light-Water Moderated
Nonboiling Water Cooled
360105 - Metals & Alloys- Corrosion & Erosion