Socket welds in nuclear facilities

Journal Article · Sun Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1995 · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society

OSTI ID:411622

Anderson, P A; Torres, L L ^[1]

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1. Idaho National Engineering Lab., ID (United States)

Socket welds are easier and faster to make than are butt welds. However, they are often not used in nuclear facilities because the crevices between the pipes and the socket sleeves may be subject to crevice corrosion. If socket welds can be qualified for wider use in facilities that process nuclear materials, the radiation exposures to welders can be significantly reduced. The current tests at the Idaho Chemical Processing Plant (ICPP) are designed to determine if socket welds can be qualified for use in the waste processing system at a nuclear fuel processing plant.

• OSTI ID: 411622
• Report Number(s): CONF-951006-; ISSN 0003-018X; TRN: 97:000873
• Journal Information: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Vol. 73; Conference: Winter meeting of the American Nuclear Society (ANS), San Francisco, CA (United States), 29 Oct - 1 Nov 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
05 NUCLEAR FUELS
STAINLESS STEEL-304L
CREVICE CORROSION
WELDED JOINTS
OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
PIPES
RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE