Review of the corrosion performance of selected canister materials for disposal of UK HLW and/or spent fuel

Corrosion Engineering Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 82-90

  King, F ^a   Padovani, C ^b  

^a INTEGRITY CORROSION CONSULTING LTD   (Canada)

^b RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT LIMITED   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon steel and cast iron; Copper; Nickel alloys; Nuclear waste canister; Stainless steels; Titanium alloys

Indexed keywords

CANISTER MATERIALS; CORROSION PERFORMANCE; HIGH ACTIVITY; HIGH LEVEL WASTE; NUCLEAR WASTE; SCIENTIFIC ISSUES; SPENT NUCLEAR FUELS;

CARBON STEEL; CAST IRON; COPPER; CORROSION; CORROSION RESISTANT ALLOYS; MATERIALS; NICKEL; NICKEL ALLOYS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SPENT FUELS; STAINLESS STEEL; TITANIUM; TITANIUM ALLOYS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

STEEL CASTINGS;

EID: 79955645266     PISSN: 1478422X     EISSN: 17432782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1743278211Y.0000000005     Document Type: Review

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