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[en] Major sources of radioactivity introduced into reactor water of BWR were estimated fuel crud and in-core materials (especially, fuel springs). Fuel springs are used for fixation of fuel cladding tubes with spacer grid. Those are small parts (total length is only within 25 mm) and so many numbers are loaded simultaneously and then total surfaces area are calculated up to about 200 m2. Fuel springs are located under high radiation field and high oxidative environment. Conventional fuel spring is made of alloy-X750 which is one of nickel-based alloy and is reported to show relatively higher corrosion release rate. 58Co and 60Co will be released directly into reactor water from intensely radio-activated fuel springs surface and increase radioactivity concentrations in primary coolant. Corrosion release control from fuel springs is an important technical item and a development of alternative material instead of alloy-X750 for fuel spring is a key subject to achieve ultra low man-rem exposure BWR plant. In present work, alloy-X718 which started usage for PWR fuel springs and stainless steel type 316L which has many mechanical property data are picked up for alternative materials and compared their corrosion behaviors with conventional material. Corrosion experiment was conducted under vapor-water two phases flow which is simulated fuel cladding surface boiling condition. After exposure, corrosion film formed under corrosion test was analyzed in detail and corrosion film amount and corrosion release amount are estimated among three materials. (authors)
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2002; 5 p; Chemistry 2002: International conference on water chemistry in nuclear reactors systems - operation optimisation and new developments; Chimie 2002: La chimie de l'eau dans les reacteurs nucleaires - Optimisation de l'exploitation et developpements nouveaux; Avignon (France); 22-26 Apr 2002; Also available from SFEN-CHIMIE2002, 67, rue Blomet, 75015 Paris (France)
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ALLOY-NI53CR19FE19NB5MO3, ALLOY-NI73CR15FE7TI3, ALLOYS, ALUMINIUM ADDITIONS, ALUMINIUM ALLOYS, AUSTENITIC STEELS, CARBON ADDITIONS, CHEMISTRY, CHROMIUM ALLOYS, CHROMIUM STEELS, CHROMIUM-MOLYBDENUM STEELS, CHROMIUM-NICKEL STEELS, CHROMIUM-NICKEL-MOLYBDENUM STEELS, COOLING SYSTEMS, CORROSION RESISTANT ALLOYS, ELECTRON MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY, ENERGY SYSTEMS, ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS, HEAT RESISTANT MATERIALS, HEAT RESISTING ALLOYS, HIGH ALLOY STEELS, INCONEL ALLOYS, IRON ALLOYS, IRON BASE ALLOYS, LASER SPECTROSCOPY, LOW CARBON-HIGH ALLOY STEELS, MATERIALS, MICROSCOPY, MOLYBDENUM ALLOYS, NICKEL ALLOYS, NICKEL BASE ALLOYS, NIOBIUM ADDITIONS, NIOBIUM ALLOYS, POWER REACTORS, REACTOR COMPONENTS, REACTORS, SPECTROSCOPY, STAINLESS STEELS, STEEL-CR17NI12MO3-L, STEELS, TESTING, THERMAL REACTORS, TITANIUM ADDITIONS, TITANIUM ALLOYS, TRANSITION ELEMENT ALLOYS, TUBES, WATER COOLED REACTORS, WATER MODERATED REACTORS
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