Review of passive corrosion studies of carbon steel in concrete in the context of disposal of HLW and spent fuel in Belgium

Proceedings of the International Conference on Radioactive Waste Management and Environmental Remediation, ICEM

Volumn 1, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Kursten, B ^a   Druyts, F ^a   Smart, N R ^b   MacDonald, D D ^c   Gens, R ^d   Wang, L ^a   Weetjens, E ^a   Govaerts, J ^a  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b AMEC FOSTER WHEELER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Belgian Agency for Management of Radioactive Waste and Enriched Fissile Materials   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE ENVIRONMENT; CORROSION STUDIES; EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM; HIGH LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTES; PASSIVE CURRENT DENSITIES; PASSIVE OXIDE FILMS; SATURATION DEGREE; STEEL IN CONCRETES;

ALKALINITY; CARBON STEEL; CONCRETES; CORROSION RATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; OXIDE FILMS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SPENT FUELS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 84900612281     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ICEM2013-96275     Document Type: Conference Paper

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