Surveillance and Monitoring Program Full-Scale Experiments to Evaluate the Potential for Corrosion in 3013 Containers

Technical Report · Tue Nov 21 04:00:00 EST 2017

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1409808· OSTI ID:1409808

Narlesky, Joshua Edward ^[1]; Berg, John M. ^[1]; Duque, Juan ^[1]; Harradine, David Martin ^[1]; Hill, Dallas Dwight ^[1]; Kaczar, Gregory Michael ^[1]; Lillard, R. Scott ^[2]; Lopez, Annabelle Sarita ^[1]; Martinez, Max Alfonso ^[1]; Peppers, Larry G. ^[1]; Rios, Daniel ^[1]; Romero, Edward L. ^[1]; Stroud, Mary Ann ^[1]; Trujillo, Leonardo Alberto ^[1]; Veirs, Douglas Kirk ^[1]; Wilson, Kennard Virden Jr. ^[1]; Worl, Laura Ann ^[1]

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1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
2. Univ. of Akron, OH (United States)

A set of six long-term, full-scale experiments were initiated to determine the type and extent of corrosion that occurs in 3013 containers packaged with chloride-bearing plutonium oxide materials. The materials were exposed to a high relative humidity environment representative of actual packaging conditions for the materials in storage. The materials were sealed in instrumented, inner 3013 containers with corrosion specimens designed to test the corrosiveness of the environment inside the containers under various conditions. This report focuses on initial loading conditions that are used to establish a baseline to show how the conditions change throughout the storage lifetime of the containers.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Environmental Management (EM)
• DOE Contract Number: AC52-06NA25396
• OSTI ID: 1409808
• Report Number(s): LA-UR--17-30653
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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