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Corrosion Processes Affecting the Performance of Alloy 22 as a High-Level Radioactive Waste Container Material
Alloy 22 is the material preferred by the U.S. Department of Energy for the waste package outer container for geological disposal of high-level radioactive waste at the proposed site in Yucca Mountain, Nevada....
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A Probabilistic-Micromechanical Methodology for Assessing Zirconium Alloy Cladding Failure
Cladding failure of fuel rods caused by hydride-induced embrittlement is a reliability concern for spent nuclear fuel after extended burnup. Uncertainties in the cladding temperature, cladding stress, oxide la...
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Modeling Corrosion Processes for Alloy 22 Waste Packages
The proposed waste package design for the disposal of high-level radioactive waste at the potential repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, consists of an outer container made of Alloy 22, a corrosion resistant ...
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First-principles computations of mechanical properties of Ni2Cr and Ni2Mo
Nickel-based alloys are being considered for use as the outer container of the waste package for the disposal of high-level nuclear waste. During fabrication processes and long-term storage, Ni-based alloy out...
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Topologically close-packed phase precipitation and thermal stability in alloy 22
The thermal stability of Alloy 22 affected by the precipitation of topologically close-packed (TCP) phases was investigated by means of experimental measurements and thermodynamic calculations. Both mill-annea...
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The localized corrosion resistance and mechanical properties of alloy 22 waste package outer containers
The proposed waste packages for the disposal of high-level radioactive waste at the potential repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, consist of an outer container and inner container. The outer container is mad...
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Evolution of Solution Chemistry through Interactions with Waste Package Internal Structural Components
The chemistry of the aqueous environment inside any breached waste packages is critical to the release of radionuclides from the waste packages for high-level waste disposal. A corrosion test cell that simulat...
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Grain-boundary chemistry and intergranular corrosion in alloy 825
Alloy 825, a former candidate material for radioactive high-level waste containers, was investigated to assess its thermal stability and the time-temperature conditions for sensitization. Alloy specimens with ...
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Effect of specimen preparation procedures on chromium depletion and precipitation chemistry in alloy 825 by analytical electron microscopy
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Long-Term Thermal Stability of Alloy 825 as a High-Level Nuclear Waste Container Material
The thermal exposure of Fe-Cr-Ni-Mo materials to certain temperature regimes often results in the formation of grain boundary carbides and the associated depletion of alloying elements. This phenomenon, termed...
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Microsomal casein kinase II in endoplasmic reticulum- and Golgi apparatus-rich fractions of ROS 17/2.8 osteoblast-like cells: An enzyme that modifies osteopontin
Osteopontin is an acidic phosphoprotein containing casein kinase II (CKII) phosphorylatable sites and an acidic amino acid cluster. The metabolically 32P-labelings of both serines and threonines in vitro in osteo...
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Chemical Synthesis and Characterization of Nanostructured Titanium Aluminide
Although plagued by a lack of ductility, titanium aluminides are among the most promising intermetallics under development. Significant improvements in ductility may be obtained from nanostructured intermetall...
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Miicrostructural Evolutiion Duriing Sinteriing
Small-angle scattering techniques have been used in a number of studies to characterize pore evolution in ceramic compacts. Parameters characterizing the pore distribution, such as total pore surface area, por...
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Toughness Anisotropy of a SiC/SiC Laminar Composite
The toughnesses of a 2-D laminar SiC/SiC composite consisting of a 40 v/o 8H/S weave Nicalon fabric and a CVI beta SiC matrix were measured at room temperature for the three principal orthogonal directions. Th...