A Model for Predicting Stress Corrosion Cracking of Copper Containers in A Deep Geologic Repository
Keyword(s):
ABSTRACTA model has been developed to predict the stress corrosion cracking behaviour (SCC) of used-fuel copper containers in a deep geologic repository. By comparison of the predicted evolution of the environment with criteria for the SCC of pure copper, it is concluded that copper containers in a deep geologic repository will not be susceptible to SCC. In particular, the requirement for the simultaneous presence of a thermodynamically stable Cu2O/CuO surface film and a significant concentration of SCC agents is not satisfied at any time during the 106 year simulation period.
Keyword(s):
1995 ◽
Vol 61
(590)
◽
pp. 2190-2198
◽
Keyword(s):
Keyword(s):
1994 ◽
Vol 39
(14)
◽
pp. 2225-2236
◽
2012 ◽
Vol 26
◽
pp. 108-119
◽
1991 ◽
Vol 40
(455)
◽
pp. 967-977
Keyword(s):
Keyword(s):