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Zirconium-made equipment for the new La Hague reprocessing plants

Abstract

The use of zirconium was developed to solve some problems of severe corrosion in boiling nitric medium, and to guarantee the service life of the equipment concerned. The paper presents the experience gained since the early 1970s, when the first units made of zirconium were used in French reprocessing plants. For the new La Hague UP3 and UP2 800 plants, it was decided to extend the use of zirconium to make large-scale equipment and, to do so, a major R and D program was implemented, of which the main results are presented.
Authors:
Decours, J; Demay, R; [1]  Bernard, C; Mouroux, J P; [2]  Simonnet, J [3] 
  1. CEA Centre d`Etudes Nucleaires de Fontenay-aux-Roses, 92 (FR)
  2. Societe Generale pour les Techniques Nouvelles (SGN), 78 - Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (FR)
  3. Compagnie Generale des Matieres Nucleaires (COGEMA), 78 - Velizy-Villacoublay (FR)
Publication Date:
Dec 31, 1991
Product Type:
Conference
Report Number:
CEA-CONF-10550; CONF-910413-
Reference Number:
SCA: 050800; 360105; 360101; PA: FRD-92:000067; SN: 92000658046
Resource Relation:
Conference: 3. international conference on nuclear fuel reprocessing and waste management,Sendai (Japan),14 Apr 1991; Other Information: PBD: 1991
Subject:
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; COGEMA LA HAGUE; SEPARATION EQUIPMENT; ZIRCONIUM; CORROSION RESISTANCE; NITRIC ACID; CORROSIVE EFFECTS; PASSIVITY; SPECIFICATIONS; WELDING; 050800; 360105; 360101; SPENT FUELS REPROCESSING; CORROSION AND EROSION; PREPARATION AND FABRICATION
OSTI ID:
10116280
Research Organizations:
CEA Centre d`Etudes de Fontenay-aux-Roses, 92 (France)
Country of Origin:
France
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ON: DE92767142; TRN: FR9200067
Availability:
OSTI; NTIS (US Sales Only)
Submitting Site:
FRN
Size:
7 p.
Announcement Date:
Jun 30, 2005

Citation Formats

Decours, J, Demay, R, Bernard, C, Mouroux, J P, and Simonnet, J. Zirconium-made equipment for the new La Hague reprocessing plants. France: N. p., 1991. Web.
Decours, J, Demay, R, Bernard, C, Mouroux, J P, & Simonnet, J. Zirconium-made equipment for the new La Hague reprocessing plants. France.
Decours, J, Demay, R, Bernard, C, Mouroux, J P, and Simonnet, J. 1991. "Zirconium-made equipment for the new La Hague reprocessing plants." France.
@misc{etde_10116280,
title = {Zirconium-made equipment for the new La Hague reprocessing plants}
author = {Decours, J, Demay, R, Bernard, C, Mouroux, J P, and Simonnet, J}
abstractNote = {The use of zirconium was developed to solve some problems of severe corrosion in boiling nitric medium, and to guarantee the service life of the equipment concerned. The paper presents the experience gained since the early 1970s, when the first units made of zirconium were used in French reprocessing plants. For the new La Hague UP3 and UP2 800 plants, it was decided to extend the use of zirconium to make large-scale equipment and, to do so, a major R and D program was implemented, of which the main results are presented.}
place = {France}
year = {1991}
month = {Dec}
}