Published 1988
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Journal article
Water chemistry problems in nuclear power industry
Description
The paper discusses the mechanism of corrosion in reactor vessel and piping in a pressurised water reactor. The main cause is the altered behaviour of water due to changes in its physical properties at high temperature and high pressure. The Co60 produced from small impurity of cobalt in stainless steel is repsponsible for the radio-activity in out-of-core piping. The crud consists of corrosion products having particle size greater than 0.4μm. (author)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy, Part A
- Journal Volume
- 54
- Journal Issue
- 5
- Series
- Proc. Indian Natl. Sci. Acad., Part A.
- Journal Page Range
- 729-736
- ISSN
- 0370-0046
- CODEN
- PIPSB
INIS
- Country of Publication
- India
- Country of Input or Organization
- India
- INIS RN
- 20083696
- Subject category
- S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
- Descriptors DEI
- BWR TYPE REACTORS; COBALT 60; CORROSION; IRON OXIDES; PHWR TYPE REACTORS; PIPELINES; PIPES; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; REACTOR VESSELS; STAINLESS STEELS; TRANSIENTS; WATER CHEMISTRY
- Descriptors DEC
- ALLOYS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CARBON ADDITIONS; CHALCOGENIDES; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COBALT ISOTOPES; CONTAINERS; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; HEAVY WATER COOLED REACTORS; HEAVY WATER MODERATED REACTORS; HIGH ALLOY STEELS; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTO; IRON ALLOYS; IRON BASE ALLOYS; IRON COMPOUNDS; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; MASS TRANSFER; MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; POWER REACTORS; RADIOISOTOPES; REACTORS; STEELS; THERMAL REACTORS; TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS; WATER TREATMENT; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES