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Pitting Studies Under Anoxic Conditions on Candidate Container Materials AISI 316L hMo and UHB 904L for The Disposal of HLW in Argillaceous Formations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Bruno Kursten  and
Frank Druyts
Bruno Kursten
Affiliation:
SCK•CEN, The Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, Boeretang 200, B–2400 Mol, Belgium
Frank Druyts
Affiliation:
SCK•CEN, The Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, Boeretang 200, B–2400 Mol, Belgium
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Abstract

Stainless steel is being envisaged as the primary candidate container material for the final disposal of vitrified HLW in deep geological argillaceous formations in Belgium. The impact of an evolving underground repository environment, i.e. a progressive change from oxic to anoxic conditions (due to the consumption of entrapped oxygen), on the pitting behaviour of austenitic stainless steels AISI 316L hMo and UHB 904L was studied. CPP-experiments were performed in synthetic solutions, which are representative for the near-field chemistry of an underground repository. The solutions contained various amounts of Cl- (100–50,000 mg/L) at near-neutral pH. Experiments were conducted at 16 and 90°C.

AISI 316L hMo and UHB 904L will not be subjected to immediate pitting problems neither under oxic, nor under anoxic conditions. However, AISI 316L hMo could present long-term pitting problems under oxic conditions. Pits are much easier initiated on AISI 316L hMo, for both oxic and anoxic conditions. The pits propagate in a rather similar manner under oxic conditions for both alloys, whereas under anoxic conditions the pits formed on AISI 316L hMo are much deeper. AISI 316L hMo is more susceptible to crevice attack.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 807: Symposium Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXVII , 2003 , 495
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2004

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