Effect of Lithium Hydroxide on Stability of Fuel Cladding Oxide Film in Simulated Pressurized Water Reactor Primary Water Environments

CORROSION ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 53 (9) ◽  
pp. 724-729 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Saario ◽  
S. Tähtinen ◽  
J. Piippo
Keyword(s):  
Oxide Film ◽  
Lithium Hydroxide ◽  
Pressurized Water Reactor ◽  
Fuel Cladding ◽  
Pressurized Water ◽  
Water Reactor ◽  
Primary Water

scholarly journals Evaluation of Tritium Content and Release from Pressurized Water Reactor Fuel Cladding

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon M. Robinson ◽  
Marc Rhea Chattin ◽  
Joseph Giaquinto ◽  
Robert Thomas Jubin
Keyword(s):  
Reactor Fuel ◽  
Pressurized Water Reactor ◽  
Fuel Cladding ◽  
Tritium Content ◽  
Pressurized Water ◽  
Water Reactor

Stress Corrosion Cracking Behavior of Alloy 182 Weld in Pressurized Water Reactor Primary Water Environment at 325ºC

CORROSION ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 67 (8) ◽  
pp. 085004-1-085004-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
L.I.L. Lima ◽  
M.M.A.M. Schvartzman ◽  
C.A. Figueiredo ◽  
A.Q. Bracarense
Keyword(s):  
Stress Corrosion ◽  
Oxide Layer ◽  
Stress Corrosion Cracking ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Corrosion Cracking ◽  
Pressurized Water Reactor ◽  
Pressurized Water ◽  
Cracking Behavior ◽  
Water Reactor ◽  
Primary Water

Abstract The weld used to connect two different metals is known as a dissimilar metal weld (DMW). In nuclear power plants, this weld is used to join stainless steel to low-alloy steel components in the nuclear pressurized water reactor (PWR). The most common weld metal is Alloy 182 (UNS W86182). Originally selected for its high corrosion resistance, it exhibited, after a long operation period, susceptibility to stress corrosion cracking (SCC) in PWR. The goal of this work was to study the electrochemical corrosion behavior and SCC susceptibility of Alloy 182 weld in PWR primary water containing 25 cm3 and 50 cm3 H2/kg H2O at standard temperature and pressure (STP). For this purpose, slow strain rate tensile (SSRT) tests and potentiodynamic polarization measurements were carried out. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) with energy-dispersive spectrometry (EDS) was used to evaluate fracture morphology and determine the oxide layer chemical composition and morphology. The results indicated that at 325°C Alloy 182 weld is more susceptible to SCC at 25 cm3 (STP) H2/kg H2O and the increase of dissolved hydrogen decreased the crystal size of the oxide layer.

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