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- Title
Corrosion Control Measures for Liquid Radioactive Waste Storage Tanks at the Savannah River Site.
- Authors
Wiersma, B. J.; Subramanian, K. H.
- Abstract
The Savannah River Site has stored radioactive wastes in large, underground, carbon steel tanks for approximately sixty years. An assessment of potential degradation mechanisms determined that the tanks may be vulnerable to nitrate-induced pitting corrosion and stress-corrosion cracking. Controls on the solution chemistry and temperature of the wastes are in place to mitigate these mechanisms. These controls are based upon a series of experiments performed using simulated waste solutions on materials of construction used for the tanks. The technical bases and evolution of these controls is presented in this paper.
- Subjects
RADIOACTIVE waste storage; RADIOLYSIS; PITTING corrosion testing; CARBON steel corrosion; SAVANNAH River Site (S.C.)
- Publication
Journal of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management, 2013, Vol 41, Issue 4, p21
- ISSN
0893-6188
- Publication type
Article