Thermodynamic consideration on the effect of zinc injection into PWR primary coolant for the reduction of radiation buildup and corrosion control

NACE - International Corrosion Conference Series

Volumn 2001-March, Issue , 2001, Pages

  Miyajima, K ^a   Hirano, H ^a  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corrosion reduction; PWR; Solubility; Water chemistry; Zinc injection

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; CHROMIUM ALLOYS; COOLANTS; NICKEL ALLOYS; SOLUBILITY; STAINLESS STEEL; STEEL CORROSION; WATER INJECTION; ZINC; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

CORROSION REDUCTION; NICKEL BASED ALLOY; POTENTIAL-PH DIAGRAMS; PWR PRIMARY COOLANTS; REDUCTION EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMIC CALCULATIONS; WATER CHEMISTRY; ZINC INJECTION;

PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS;

EID: 80052165606     PISSN: 03614409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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