Published 1982
| Version v1
Conference paper
Reduction in the strength of graphite by radiolytic oxidation in carbon dioxide
Creators
- 1. UKAEA Springfields Nuclear Power Development Labs.
- 2. UKAEA Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell. Chemical Technology Div.
- 3. Central Electricity Generating Board, Berkeley (UK). Berkeley Nuclear Labs.
Description
The changes observed in the strength of nuclear graphites as a function of weight loss due to radiolytic oxidation in carbon dioxide are presented. It is concluded that the changes are independent of both the graphite source and the inhibitor concentrations in the carbon dioxide and dependent only on the weight loss. The weight loss in moderator graphite as a function of coolant composition is estimated using both an empirical model and a more sophisticated multi-pore group model as a function of absorbed dose to the gas and combined with the strengthening effects due to fast neutron irradiation to show how relative strength depends upon coolant composition. (author)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- British Nuclear Energy Society
- Imprint Place
- London
- Imprint Title
- Gas-cooled reactors today (Vol. 2). Advances in fuel, core and structural materials
- Imprint Pagination
- p. 105-108
Conference
- Title
- Gas-Cooled Reactors Today: An International Conference to Mark 21 Years of Commercial Nuclear Power in the United Kingdom
- Dates
- 20 - 24 Sep 1982
- Place
- Bristol (UK)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- United Kingdom
- INIS RN
- 14764111
- Subject category
- S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- AGR TYPE REACTORS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COOLANTS; CORROSION; GRAPHITE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MODERATORS; OXIDATION; RADIOLYSIS; YOUNG MODULUS
- Descriptors DEC
- CARBON; CARBON COMPOUNDS; CARBON OXIDES; CHALCOGENIDES; CHEMICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; DECOMPOSITION; ELEMENTS; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; GAS COOLED REACTORS; GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS; NONMETALS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; RADIATION EFFECTS; REACTORS
Optional Information
- Notes
- Imprint:4 vol. set - price Pound110.00.