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3D-printed tool at SRS makes quicker work of tank waste sampling
A 3D-printed tool has been developed at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina that can eliminate months from the job of radioactive tank waste sampling.
G. G. Gaul, W. L. Pearl
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 17 | Number 1 | September 1963 | Pages 30-41
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE63-A17207
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Type 304 stainless steel cladding material has been corrosion tested under heat transfer conditions at metal temperatures up to 1300°F in specially constructed out-of-pile superheat facilities. The hydrogen and oxygen contents of the steam have been controlled to simulate that found in boiling water reactor type systems. Good corrosion resistance and low metal release to system up to metal temperatures of 1100°F were experienced with an expected pattern of an initially high corrosion rate that decreased to a lower constant rate with time up to 4500 hr. A compositionally disturbed layer developed adjacent to the scale in the 1100°F to 1300°F metal temperature range on the heat transfer specimens. The layer continued to grow with time but had little effect on the corrosion rate within the 2500 hours of testing.