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Crevice corrosion and pitting of high-level waste containers: Integration of deterministic and probabilistic models

Conference ·
OSTI ID:350110
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  1. Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
A key component of the Engineered Barrier System (EBS) being designed for containment of spent-fuel and high-level waste at the proposed geological repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada is a two-layer canister. In this particular design, the inner barrier is made of a corrosion resistant material (CRM) such as Alloy 625 or C-22, while the outer barrier is made of a corrosion-allowance material (CAM) such as carbon steel or Alloy 400. An integrated predictive model is being developed to account for the effects of localized environmental conditions in the CRM-CAM crevice on the initiation and propagation of pits through the CRM.
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
OSTI ID:
350110
Report Number(s):
CONF-980316--
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English