Nuclear waste canister materials, corrosion behaviour and long-term performance in geological repository systems

Geological Repository Systems for Safe Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuels and Radioactive Waste

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 379-420

  King, F ^a   Shoesmith, D W ^b  

^a INTEGRITY CORROSION CONSULTING LTD   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canisters; Carbon steel; Cast iron; Containers; Copper; Corrosion; Crevice corrosion; Failure; Hydrogen damage; Localised corrosion; MIC; Microbiologically influenced corrosion; Nickel alloys; Pitting; SCC; Stainless steel; Stress corrosion cracking; Titanium alloys; Waste package

Indexed keywords

ALLOY STEEL; CARBON STEEL; CAST IRON; COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; CONTAINERS; COPPER; CORROSIVE EFFECTS; IRON; NICKEL; NICKEL ALLOYS; PITTING; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; STAINLESS STEEL; STEEL CASTINGS; STEEL CONTAINERS; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING; TITANIUM; TITANIUM ALLOYS;

CANISTERS; CREVICE CORROSION; HYDROGEN DAMAGES; LOCALISED CORROSION; MICROBIOLOGICALLY INFLUENCED CORROSIONS; WASTE PACKAGE;

CORROSION;

EID: 84902571148     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9781845699789.3.379     Document Type: Chapter

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