Document Type
Presentation
Publication Date
1-2003
Abstract
Why is Lead Bismuth Eutectic Important?
• Changing national security stances have led to reexamination of nuclear waste reprocessing
• Dangerous actinides can be separated and
• Transmuted into safer products, creating a waste form dangerous for only hundreds of years, in addition to the production (up to 1/3 of the original fission energy) of useful energy
• Non-moderating coolants or spallation targets for production of fast neutrons is required for transmutation
• Russian experience with LBE coolants in their nuclear submarine fleet makes LBE an attractive possible transmutation coolant technology
• Corrosion of steel by LBE is an important sticking point in the utilization of LBE
Keywords
Corrosion and anti-corrosives; Eutectic alloys; Lead-bismuth alloys; Lead-bismuth eutectic; Particle accelerators — Design and construction; Stainless steel — Corrosion
Disciplines
Materials Chemistry | Metallurgy | Nuclear | Nuclear Engineering | Oil, Gas, and Energy
Language
English
Repository Citation
Koury, D.,
Hosterman, B. D.,
Farley, J.,
Perry, D. L.,
Parsons, D.,
Manzerova, J.,
Johnson, A. L.
(2003).
Surface studies of Corrosion of Stainless Steel by Lead Bismuth Eutectic.
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https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/hrc_trp_sciences_materials/37
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Comments
Poster presentation from Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative Semi-Annual Review Meeting, January 2003.