Open AccessAddendum to Engineering Evaluation of Proposed Alternative Salt Transfer Method for the Molten Salt Reactor Experiement for the Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Author(s) -
G. J. Wilson
Publication year - 2009
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/966421
Subject(s) - piping , corrosion , addendum , oak ridge national laboratory , hydrofluoric acid , moisture , chloride , ridge , uranium , environmental science , materials science , nuclear engineering , metallurgy , engineering , environmental engineering , composite material , geology , paleontology , physics , political science , nuclear physics , law
The purpose of this addendum is to graphically publish data which indicate moisture in leakage and corrosion may have occurred during heating of the tanks at the Molten Salt Reactor Experiment (MSRE) for and during hydrofluorination, fluorination and transfer of uranium. Corrosion, especially by hydrofluoric acid, is not expected to occur uniformly over the tank and piping inner surfaces and therefore is not easily measured by nondestructive techniques that can measure only limited areas. The rate of corrosion exponentially escalates with both temperature and moisture. The temperature, pressure, and concentration data in this addendum indicate periods when elevated corrosion rates were likely to have been experienced. This data was not available in time to be considered as part of the evaluation that was the focus of the report. Pressure and temperature data were acquired via the LabView{trademark} Software, while concentration data was acquired from the Fourier Transform InfraRed (FTIR) system