Qualification of the Reclamation Welding Parameters for 316 CRES Stems

Technical Report · Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1997

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/594306· OSTI ID:594306

Howard, S R ^[1]; McKinney, G J

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1. Westinghouse Savannah River Company, AIKEN, SC (United States)

A demonstration was performed to prove the acceptability of using existing reclamation weld parameters for joining a new fill stem made of 316 Corrosion Resistant Stainless Steel (CRES) to a 304L stainless steel vessel. Previously qualified weld parameters are for welding the old 0.275`` diameter stem of 304L stainless steel to a 304L vessel. The weld quality acceptance criteria included leak rate, proof test, burst strength and evaluation by metallography. All tests and examinations indicated that welds made within the demonstrated parameters met all requirements. The results from this work demonstrate that the welding of 316 CRES 0.275`` diameter stems can be successfully performed using the same weld parameters as those for 304L stems.

• Research Organization: Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-89SR18035
• OSTI ID: 594306
• Report Number(s): WSRC-TR-97-00298; ON: DE98052033
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Sep 1997
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

44 INSTRUMENTATION
INCLUDING NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE DETECTORS
WELDING
STAINLESS STEELS
METALLOGRAPHY
PERFORMANCE TESTING
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
CONTAINERS