Modeling water chemistry, electrochemical corrosion potential, and crack growth rate in the boiling water reactor heat transport circuits - III: Effect of reactor power level

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 305-316

  Yeh, Tsung Kuang ^a   Macdonald, Digby D ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION; HEAT PIPES; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OXYGEN; STAINLESS STEEL; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING; WATER;

CRACK GROWTH RATE; ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION POTENTIAL; HEAT TRANSPORT CIRCUITS; HYDROGEN WATER CHEMISTRY; POWER LEVELS; RECIRCULATION SYSTEM;

BOILING WATER REACTORS;

EID: 0030169286     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE96-A24192     Document Type: Article

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