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Title:
A SLUG CORROSION RUPTURE MECHANISM RELATED TO REDUCED PROCESS TUBE RIB HEIGHTS
Author(s):
Subject Terms:
100 AreasCORRISIOND ReactorF ReactorFuels and Materials EngineeringHANFORD PRODUCTION REACTORMetallurgyReactor TechnologySLUG ELEMENTSSLUG FAILURE REACTORSTUBE CORROSION
Document Location:
DOE Public Reading Room - Hanford Battelle P.O. Box 999 MS H2-53 Richland WA 99352 (509)372-7443
Document Type:
REPORT
Publication Date:
1955 Nov 21
Declassification Date:
1992 Sep 22
Declassification Status:
Declassified
Document Pages:
8
Accession Number:
RL-1-362739
Document Number(s):
HW-39483
Originating Research Org.:
GE - HAPO
OpenNet Entry Date:
2004 Feb 24
OpenNet Modified Date:
2015 Aug 28
Description/Abstract:
IT IS BELIEVED THAT SLUGS RUPTURES ARE BEING CAUSED BY HI WATER TEMPERATURES BETWEN PROCESS TUBE RIBS. THE TUBE RIBS IN SOME OF THE OLDER TUBES ARE WORN DOWN SO THAT THE FLOW ANNULUS IS DECREASED, WITH HI WATER TEMPERATURES RESULTING. EVIDENCE SUPPORTING THIS VIEW IS PRESENTED AND DISCUSSED. IT IS RECOMMEDED THAT PROCESS TUBES IN WHICH THIS TYPE OF SLUG RUPTURE OCCURS REMOVED,