An overview of corrosion issues for the design and operation of high-temperature lead- and lead-bismuth - cooled reactor systems

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 418-435

  Ballinger, Ronald G ^a   Lim, Jeongyoun ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corrosion; Lead bismuth; Lead cooled reactors

Indexed keywords

COOLANTS; CORROSION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HIGH TEMPERATURE OPERATIONS; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; LIQUID METALS; REFRACTORY ALLOYS; TRANSIENTS;

CORE CLADDING; CORROSION CONTROL; LEAD BISMUTH; LEAD COOLED REACTORS; LIQUID METAL CORROSION;

FAST REACTORS;

EID: 5644232381     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT04-A3540     Document Type: Article

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