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Containment of Nitric Acid Solutions of Plutonium-238

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The corrosion of various metals that could be used to contain nitric acid solutions of Pu-238 has been studied. Tantalum and tantalum/2.5% tungsten resisted the test solvent better than 304L stainless steel and several INCONEL alloys. The solvent used to imitate nitric acid solutions of Pu-238 contained 70% nitric acid, hydrofluoric acid, and ammonium hexanitratocerate

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Available from INIS in electronic form; Also available from OSTI as DE00759870; PURL: https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/759870-CRcZRx/webviewable/

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URL
https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/759870-CRcZRx/webviewable/;

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
7 p.
Report number
LA-UR--98-4326

Conference

Title
Institute for Space and Nuclear Power Studies Space Technology and Applications International Forum (STAIF-99)
Dates
31 Jan - 4 Feb 1999
Place
Albuquerque, NM (United States)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
31058830
Subject category
S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE; S12: MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES;
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Conference
Descriptors DEI
CONTAINERS; CORROSION RESISTANCE; CORROSION RESISTANT ALLOYS; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; INCONEL ALLOYS; NITRIC ACID; PLUTONIUM 238; STAINLESS STEEL-304L; TANTALUM; TANTALUM BASE ALLOYS; TUNGSTEN ALLOYS
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ALLOYS; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; AUSTENITIC STEELS; CARBON ADDITIONS; CHROMIUM ALLOYS; CHROMIUM-NICKEL STEELS; CORROSION RESISTANT ALLOYS; ELEMENTS; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; HEAT RESISTANT MATERIALS; HEAT RESISTING ALLOYS; HEAVY ION DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; HEAVY NUCLEI; HIGH ALLOY STEELS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; INORGANIC ACIDS; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; IRON ALLOYS; IRON BASE ALLOYS; ISOTOPES; LOW CARBON-HIGH ALLOY STEELS; MATERIALS; METALS; NICKEL ALLOYS; NICKEL BASE ALLOYS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; NUCLEI; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES; RADIOISOTOPES; REFRACTORY METALS; SILICON 32 DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; SPONTANEOUS FISSION RADIOISOTOPES; STAINLESS STEELS; STEEL-CR19NI10-L; STEELS; TANTALUM ALLOYS; TRANSITION ELEMENT ALLOYS; TRANSITION ELEMENTS; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES

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Contract/Grant/Project number
W-7405-ENG-36
Funding organization
USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology (Niger) (US)