Release of radioactive species from activated metallic blanket structures during fusion reactor accident conditions. Final report
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:5908696
The release and transport of activated materials-of-construction in a fusion reactor during an accident scenario involving overheating and ingress of oxidants is an important area of safety research. This investigation quantified material release characteristics that result from surface oxide spallation and vaporization from the steel alloys PCA and HT-9 in impure helium and air environments. Flowing air and helium, each containing specific quantities of O/sub 2/ and H/sub 2/O, were used to oxidize test sample surfaces at temperatures of 800/sup 0/ and 1000/sup 0/C for exposure times of <200 h. The changes and features observed are described and include: weight, oxide scale morphology, adherence and composition; alloy composition (including decarburization); and vaporization as fractional loss of alloying elements. Oxide scales formed were dominant in Mn and Cr but minor in Fe. The dominant volatilized elements detected were Mo, W, Cr, As, Mn, Sb, and Co. The implications of these data for safety analyses of activated material release are that following an accidental temperature excursion to 800/sup 0/C in an oxidizing environment, material transport by scale spallation and/or volatilization should be minor. Furthermore, the potential material release fractions at 1000/sup 0/C appear to be significantly lower than the release fractions used in early fusion safety analyses.
- Research Organization:
- GA Technologies, Inc., San Diego, CA (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AM03-76SF00167
- OSTI ID:
- 5908696
- Report Number(s):
- GA-A-17804; ON: DE85008911
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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700206* -- Fusion Power Plant Technology-- Environmental Aspects
ACCIDENTS
AIR
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ALLOYS
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CHROMIUM ALLOYS
CHROMIUM STEELS
CHROMIUM-MOLYBDENUM STEELS
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ELEMENTS
EVAPORATION
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NUCLEAR REACTIONS
OXIDATION
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
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RARE GASES
SAFETY
SPALLATION
STAINLESS STEELS
STEELS
THERMONUCLEAR REACTOR MATERIALS
THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS
700206* -- Fusion Power Plant Technology-- Environmental Aspects
ACCIDENTS
AIR
ALLOY-HT-9
ALLOYS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHROMIUM ALLOYS
CHROMIUM STEELS
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CORROSION RESISTANT ALLOYS
ELEMENTS
EVAPORATION
FLUIDS
GASES
HELIUM
IRON ALLOYS
IRON BASE ALLOYS
MATERIALS
NONMETALS
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
OXIDATION
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
RADIOACTIVATION
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RARE GASES
SAFETY
SPALLATION
STAINLESS STEELS
STEELS
THERMONUCLEAR REACTOR MATERIALS
THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS