An update on corrosion monitoring in cylinder storage yards [electronic resource].
- Published:
- Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1991.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy. - Physical Description:
- pages 131-134 : digital, PDF file
- Additional Creators:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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- Summary:
- Depleted uranium, from US uranium isotope enrichment activities, is stored in the form of solid uranium hexafluoride (UF₆) in A285 and A516 steel cylinders designed and manufactured to ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code criteria. In general, storage facilities are open areas adjacent to the enrichment plants where the cylinders are exposed to weather. This paper describes the Oak Ridge program to determine the general corrosion behavior of UF₆ cylinders, to determine cylinder yard conditions which are likely to affect long term storage of this material, and to assess cylinder storage yards against these criteria. This program is targeted at conditions specific to the Oak Ridge cylinder yards. Based on (a) determination of the current cylinder yard conditions, (b) determination of rusting behavior in regions of the cylinders showing accelerated attack, (c) monitoring of corrosion rates through periodic measurement of test coupons placed within the cylinder yards, and (d) establishment of a computer base to incorporate and retain these data, the technical division is working with the enrichment sites to implement an upgraded system for storage of this material until such time as it is used or converted.
- Report Numbers:
- E 1.99:conf-9110117--
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- Note:
- Published through SciTech Connect.
12/31/1991.
"conf-9110117--"
"DE92005283"
2. international conference on uranium hexafluoride handling, Oak Ridge, TN (United States), 29-31 Oct 1991.
Frazier, J.L.; Henson, H.M.; Newman, V.S.
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