Materials Reliability Program Resistance to Primary Water Stress Corrosion Cracking of Alloys 690, 52, and 152 in Pressurized Water Reactors (MRP-111)
- Framatome ANP, Inc., Lynchburg, VA (United States)
- Framatome ANP, SAS, Paris (France)
- Framatome ANP, SAS, Le Creusot (France)
- Framatome ANP, GmbH, Erlangen (Germany)
Over the last thirty years, stress corrosion cracking in PWR primary water (PWSCC) has been observed in numerous Alloy 600 component items and associated welds, sometimes after relatively long incubation times. Repairs and replacements have generally utilized wrought Alloy 690 material and its compatible weld metals (Alloy 152 and Alloy 52), which have been shown to be very highly resistant to PWSCC in laboratory experiments and have been free from cracking in operating reactors over periods already up to nearly 15 years. It is nevertheless prudent for the PWR industry to attempt to quantify the longevity of these materials with respect to aging degradation by corrosion in order to provide a sound technical basis for the development of future inspection requirements for repaired or replaced component items. This document first reviews numerous laboratory tests, conducted over the last two decades, that were performed with wrought Alloy 690 and Alloy 52 or Alloy 152 weld materials under various test conditions pertinent to corrosion resistance in PWR environments. The main focus of the present review is on PWSCC, but secondary-side conditions are also briefly considered.
- Research Organization:
- Electric Power Research Inst. (EPRI), Palo Alto, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology (NE) (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FC07-00NE22796
- OSTI ID:
- 837205
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/EPRT-1009801; TRN: US0501357
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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