Published April 1987 | Version v1
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Environmentally assisted cracking behavior of a candidate basalt repository container material in ground water undergoing gamma irradiation

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Fatigue-crack propagation tests were conducted on a candidate basalt repository container material (ASTN A27 steel) tested in Hanford groundwater at 150/degree/C. Tests were run on groups of identical specimens undergoing gamma irradiation and control specimens not exposed to irradiation. The gamma flux levels (approx. 123 rad/hour) were prototypic of those expected at the outer surface of the waste container. A statistical evaluation suggested that there were no significant differences between crack growth rates in the unirradiated and irradiated specimens. 32 refs., 18 figs., 4 tabs

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MF available from INIS under the Report Number; Available from NTIS, PC A03/MF A01; 1 as DE88013530.

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42 p.
Report number
HEDL--7661

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Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
20009141
Subject category
S12: MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; S42: ENGINEERING; S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
Descriptors DEI
BASALT; CONTAINERS; CRACKING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS; ENVIRONMENT; GAMMA RADIATION; GROUND WATER; HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SIMULATION; SITE SELECTION; SPENT FUELS; STEELS; TESTING; UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT
Descriptors DEC
ALLOYS; CARBON ADDITIONS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; DECOMPOSITION; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ENERGY SOURCES; FUELS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; IONIZING RADIATIONS; IRON ALLOYS; IRON BASE ALLOYS; MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; NUCLEAR FUELS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; POLAR SOLVENTS; PYROLYSIS; RADIATIONS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; REACTOR MATERIALS; ROCKS; SOLVENTS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTES; WATER

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