Materials degradation issues in the U. S. high-level nuclear waste repository

Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on Environmental Degradation of Materials in Nuclear Power Systems-Water Reactors

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1439-1456

  Mon, Kevin G ^a   Hua, Fred ^b  

^a AREVA NP   (France)

^b Bechtel SAIC Company LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Alloy 22; Corrosion; Materials degradation; Nuclear waste repository; Titanium alloys; Yucca Mountain Project

Indexed keywords

ALLOY 22; MATERIALS DEGRADATION; NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORY; YUCCA MOUNTAIN PROJECT;

AGING OF MATERIALS; CORROSION; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; TITANIUM ALLOYS;

GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES;

EID: 33745196220     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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