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Simulation of intergranular attack on Alloy 600 tubing in tubesheet crevices. Final report

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5033361
Each model boiler was preconditioned in All-Volatile Chemistry (AVT). One model boiler was then faulted with chemicals typical of a fresh-water condenser leak and simulated plant sludge. The other model boiler was first faulted with caustic, sodium carbonate, and sludge, then sodium carbonate and magnetite. Each model boiler contained seven tubes; tubing included Alloy 600 mill-annealed, cold-drawn, thermally-treated, and sensitized materials. Two different widths of tubesheet crevices were used. The fresh-water-faulted boiler experienced minor pitting and no significant IGA or IGSCC. The caustic-carbonate-faulted boilers experienced throughwall IGSCC and shallow IGA of mill-annealed and mill-annealed plus cold-drawn A600. Plastically deformed A800 (mill-annealed, cold-drawn glass bead peened) were susceptible to transgranular cracking in crevice regions. C-ring specimens in both boilers experienced no significant corrosion. Caustic denting of A508 tubesheets were observed.
Research Organization:
Combustion Engineering, Inc., Windsor, CT (USA). Nuclear Power Systems
OSTI ID:
5033361
Report Number(s):
EPRI-NP-4272; ON: TI86920020
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English