Corrosion testing of stainless steel-zirconium metal waste forms
Description
Stainless steel-zirconium (SS-Zr) alloys have been developed as waste forms for the disposal of metallic waste generated during the electrometallurgical treatment of spent nuclear fuel. The waste forms incorporate irradiated cladding hulls, components of the alloy fuel, noble metal fission products, and actinide elements. The baseline waste form is a stainless steel-15 wt% zirconium (SS-15Zr) alloy. This article presents microstructures and some of the corrosion studies being conducted on the waste form alloys. Electrochemical corrosion, immersion corrosion, and vapor hydration tests have been performed on various alloy compositions to evaluate corrosion behavior and resistance to selective leaching of simulated fission products. The SS-Zr waste forms immobilize and retain fission products very effectively and show potential for acceptance as high-level nuclear waste forms
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- Materials Research Society
- Imprint Place
- Warrendale, PA (United States)
- ISBN
- 1-55899-462-9
- Imprint Title
- Scientific basis for nuclear waste management XXII. Materials Research Society symposium proceedings: Volume 556
- Imprint Pagination
- 1355 p.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 945-952
- ISSN
- 0272-9172
Conference
- Title
- 1998 Materials Research Society Fall Meeting
- Dates
- 30 Nov - 4 Dec 1998
- Place
- Boston, MA (United States)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 31021971
- Subject category
- S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE; S12: MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- CORROSION; EBR-2 REACTOR; HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSTRUCTURE; SPENT FUELS; STAINLESS STEELS; WASTE FORMS; ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS
- Descriptors DEC
- ALLOYS; BREEDER REACTORS; CARBON ADDITIONS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; ENERGY SOURCES; EPITHERMAL REACTORS; EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS; FAST REACTORS; FBR TYPE REACTORS; FUELS; HIGH ALLOY STEELS; IRON ALLOYS; IRON BASE ALLOYS; LIQUID METAL COOLED REACTORS; LMFBR TYPE REACTORS; MATERIALS; NUCLEAR FUELS; POWER REACTORS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; REACTOR MATERIALS; REACTORS; RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS; SODIUM COOLED REACTORS; STEELS; TESTING; TRANSITION ELEMENT ALLOYS; WASTES
Optional Information
- Contract/Grant/Project number
- W-31109-ENG-38
- Notes
- Imprint:Single article reprints are available from University Microfilms Inc., 300 North Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106