A Working Party report on corrosion in the nuclear industry

In 1986, the European Federation of Corrosion Working Party on Nuclear Corrosion was reorganised with the objective of concentrating on nine topics of relevance to the nuclear power industry. These are: pressurised water reactors, boiling water reactors, fuel elements (cladding), advanced gas reactors, high temperature reactors, liquid metal fast breeders, fusion reactors, reprocessing and waste management (disposal). At the first meeting of the restructured Working Party on the occasion of EUROCORR '87 in Frankfurt, reports were presented by experts on the major corrosion problems in a number of these special topics, with the emphasis on unresolved problems needing additional research and development. These reports make up the present volume. (author)