Proceedings of the USNRC/EPRI/ANL heated crevice seminar.

Technical Report · Sun Aug 31 04:00:00 EDT 2003

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/925162· OSTI ID:925162

Park, J Y; Fruzzetti, K; Muscara, J; Diercks, D R; EPRI,; USNRC,

An international Heated Crevice Seminar, sponsored by the Division of Engineering Technology, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Argonne National Laboratory, and the Electric Power Research Institute, was held at Argonne National Laboratory on October 7-11, 2002. The objective of the seminar was to provide a working forum for the exchange of information by contributing experts on current issues related to corrosion in heated crevices, particularly as it relates to the integrity of PWR steam generator tubes. Forty-five persons from six countries attended the seminar, including representatives from government agencies, private industry and consultants, government research laboratories, nuclear vendors, and electrical utilities. The seminar opened with keynote talks on secondary-side crevice environments associated with IGA and IGSCC of mill-annealed Alloy 600 steam generator tubes and the submodes of corrosion in heat transfer crevices. This was followed by technical sessions on (1) Corrosion in Crevice Geometries, (2) Experimental Methods, (3) Results from Experimental Studies, and (4) Modeling. The seminar concluded with a panel discussion on the present understanding of corrosive processes in heated crevices and future research needs.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)
• Sponsoring Organization: NRC
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-06CH11357
• OSTI ID: 925162
• Report Number(s): ANL-03/24
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: ENGLISH

Related Subjects

22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
CORROSION
HEAT TRANSFER
INCONEL 600
PWR TYPE REACTORS
STEAM GENERATORS
TUBES