Nuclear Corrosion: Research, Progress and Challenges

Nuclear Corrosion: Research, Progress and Challenges, part of the “Green Book” series of the EFC, builds upon the foundations of the very first book published in this series in 1989 (“Number 1 - Corrosion in the Nuclear Industry”). This newest volume provides an overview on state-of-the-art research in some of the most important areas of nuclear corrosion. Chapters covered include aging phenomena in light water reactors, reprocessing plants, nuclear waste disposal, and supercritical water and liquid metal systems. This book will be a vital resource for both researchers and engineers working within the nuclear field in both academic and industrial environments.

Discusses industry related aspects of materials in nuclear power generation and how these materials react with the environmentProvides comprehensive coverage of the topic as written by noted experts in the fieldIncludes coverage of nuclear waste corrosion

1. Fifty years of nuclear corrosion in Europe: evolutions and contributions of the EFC Working Party on Nuclear Corrosion 2. Environmentally-assisted cracking of stainless steels in light water reactors 3. Mechanisms behind irradiation-assisted stress corrosion cracking 4. Environmentally-assisted cracking of nickel-base alloys in light water reactors 5. Environmentally-assisted cracking of carbon and low-alloy steels in light water reactors 6. Flow-accelerated corrosion in nuclear power plants 7. Understanding the corrosion processes of fuel cladding in pressurised water reactors 8. Corrosion behaviour of stainless steels in nitric acid in the context of nuclear fuel reprocessing plants 9. The corrosion behaviour of stainless steel in conditions relevant to the storage of intermediate level radioactive waste 10. The corrosion of radioactive waste disposal canisters based on in-situ tests 11. Copper behaviour in geological nuclear waste disposal 12. Material research for the supercritical water-cooled reactor - summary and open issues 13. Corrosion of structural materials by liquid metals used in fusion, fission and spallation