Significant efforts are ongoing, nationally and internationally, to reduce the radioactivity of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and high level waste (HLW) for their disposal in potential repository by a process known as Transmutation. Transmutation involves generation of neutrons by bombardment of accelerator-driven protons onto a target material. These neutrons are then impinged upon SNF/HLW, minimizing or isolating actinides and fission products, thus, substantially reducing their half-lives. This paper presents the results of stress corrosion cracking (SCC) and localized corrosion studies of a martensitic stainless steel, namely Alloy EP-823 in aqueous environments of different pH values at ambient and elevated temperatures. Further, the metallographic and fractographic evaluations of all broken specimens have been performed.

Subject
Acids, Test methods, Materials, Ambient air temperature, Secondary cracks, Notches, Acidity, Stress, Stress strain, Mechanical failure, Test environments, Alloys, Stress corrosion cracking
Keywords:
Martensitic Stainless steel, Transmutation, Stress Corrosion Cracking (SCC), Localized Corrosion, Metallography, Fractography
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2005
Association for Materials Protection and Performance (AMPP)
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