Environmentally assisted cracking in light water reactors: critical issues and recommended research
Description
This report addresses the problem of environmentally assisted cracking in light-water reactor components. The field experience is reviewed, the current utility/industry effort to solve the problem is discussed, and the remaining unresolved technical issues are identified. The additional research and development needed by the NRC to develop an independent capability to evaluate current stress-corrosion cracking problems in light-water reactors and their potential solutions is assessed. The problems and research are divided into six general areas: (1) Leak Detection and Nondestructive Evaluation, (2) Analysis of Sensitization, (3) Analysis of Crack Growth, (4) Nonenvironmental Corrective Actions, (5) Environmental Corrective Actions, and (6) Basic Understanding of Stress-corrosion cracking
Availability note (English)
MF available from INIS under the Report Number; Available from NTIS., PC A10/MF A01 as DE82009149.
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Publishing Information
- Imprint Pagination
- 217 p.
- Report number
- NUREG/CR--2541
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 13703461
- Subject category
- S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; S37: INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY;
- Descriptors DEI
- BWR TYPE REACTORS; CRACKS; FAILURES; LEAK TESTING; PWR TYPE REACTORS; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTOR MATERIALS; STAINLESS STEELS; STRESS CORROSION
- Descriptors DEC
- ALLOYS; CARBON ADDITIONS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CHROMIUM ALLOYS; CORROSION; CORROSION RESISTANT ALLOYS; IRON ALLOYS; IRON BASE ALLOYS; REACTORS; STEELS; TESTING; TRANSITION ELEMENT ALLOYS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS
Optional Information
- Secondary number(s)
- ANL--82-2.