Research Topical Symposium - Corrosion in Nuclear Waste Systems - Research Committee
The symposium will cover Corrosion of High Level Nuclear Waste Containers, Spent Fuel Corrosion; Corrosion in Storage Containers for Transuranic Elements (Plutonium), Corrosion in Liquid Waste Tanks; Microbially Influenced Corrosion in Nuclear Waste Systems; The Use of Natural Analogs to Validate Long-Term Waste Disposal Scenarios; and Corrosion Issues from the Perspective of the Independent Reviewer and the Regulator.
Chair:Fraser King
Vice Chair:David W. Shoesmith
9:00 AMWelcoming Remarks
9:05 AMHistory and Operation of the Hanford High-Level Waste Storage Tanks
Glenn L. Edgemon, Vanessa S. Anda, Herbert S. Berman, Michael E. Johnson, Kayle D. Boomer
9:45 AMAssessment of Corrosion Based Failure in Stainless Steel Containers Used for the Long-term Storage of Plutonium Based Salts
R. Scott Lillard, David Kolman, M. Hill, M. Prime, D. Veirs, L. Worl, Philip E. Zapp
10:25 AMBreak
10:35 AMInitiation and Propagation of Stress Corrosion Cracking of Stainless Steel Canister for Concrete Cask Storage of Spent Fuel
Jun-ichi Tani, Masami Mayuzumi, Nobuyoshi Hara
11:15 AMUsed Fuel and Uranium Dioxide Dissolution Studies – A Review
David W. Shoesmith
11:55 AMIntermission
1:05 PMThe corrosion behaviour of carbon steel radioactive waste packages: a summary review of Swedish and U.K. research
Nick Smart
1:45 PMCorrosion Issues in the French High-level Nuclear Waste Programme
Damien Feron, Didier Crusset, Jean-Marie Gras
2:25 PMA Sampling Method and Data Evaluation of Archaeological Samples to Support Long-Term Corrosion Prediction
Hideki Yoshikawa, Toshiya Matsui
3:05 PMBreak
3:15 PMMIC of Nuclear Waste Containers
Fraser King
3:55 PMCorrosion Testing of Nickel and Titanium Alloys for Nuclear Waste Disposition
Raul B. Rebak
4:35 PMCORROSION ISSUES RELATED TO DISPOSAL OF HIGH-LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTE IN THE YUCCA MOUNTAIN REPOSITORY
David Duquette

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