Structural materials for heavy liquid metal cooled fast reactors : proceedings of a technical meeting / International Atomic Energy Agency.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

International Atomic Energy Agency, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liquid metal cooled reactors.

Nuclear reactors--Materials.

Nuclear reactors.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (228 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Vienna, Austria : International Atomic Energy Agency, [2021]

Summary:

"The compatibility of structural materials, such as steels with lead and lead-bismuth eutectic, poses a critical challenge in the development of heavy liquid metal (HLM) cooled fast reactors. Factors such as the high temperatures, fast neutron flux and irradiation exposure and corrosiveness provide a severe environment for the materials in these advanced reactor systems. The compatibility of liquid coolant with structural materials is critical for the development of innovative nuclear energy systems. To understand the current status of the research and development in this area as well as to provide a forum to exchange information on structural materials for HLM cooled reactors at the national and international levels, the IAEA organized a technical meeting. This resulted in the current publication which presents the summaries of the technical and the group sessions, conclusions and recommendations, and the papers presented at the event."--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Intro

1. Introduction

1.1. Background

1.2. Objective

1.3. Scope

1.4. Structure

2. Summary of Meeting Sessions

2.1. Session I: HLM Compatibility with Structural Materials: Phenomena, Modelling and Operational Experience

2.2. Session II: Corrosion Mitigation Measures: Coating, New Structural Materials, Environmental Conditioning

2.3. Session III: Qualification Programmes of Structural Materials for HLM Fast Reactors

3. Summary of Group Discussions

3.1. Group Discussion i: Outstanding Research Challenges

3.2. Group Discussion II: New Materials and Coating Techniques

3.3. Group discussion III: Industrialization

4. Conclusions

ABBREVIATIONS

PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE MEETING

SESSION I: HLM COMPATIBILITY WITH STRUCTURAL MATERIALS: PHENOMENA, MODELLING AND OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE

KINETICS AND MECHANISM OF CRACK INITIATION OF LIQUID METAL EMBRITTLEMENT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. EXPERIMENTAL

2.1. Materials

2.2. Specimens

2.3. Test technique

2.4. Environment

2.5. Post-test evaluation

3. RESULTS I - SENSITIVITY TO LME/EAC CRACKING IN HLM

3.1. T91 &amp

liquid LBE

3.2. T91 &amp

liquid Pb

4. RESULTS II - CONDITIONS FOR LME/EAC CRACKING IN HLM: INITIATION

4.1. T91 &amp

4.2. T91 &amp

4.3. Initiation of LME/EAC of T91 in HLM - summary

4.4. 15-15Ti in liquid LBE

4.5. 15-15Ti in liquid Pb

5. RESULTS III - CONDITIONS FOR LME/EAC CRACKING IN HLM: KINETICS

5.1. Fracture resistance of T91 in liquid LBE

5.2. Crack Growth Rate of T91 in HLM

6. Discussion

7. Conclusions

RATEN ICN STATUS ON MECHANICAL PROPERTIES INVESTIGATION OF 316L GENERATION iv CANDIDATE MATERIAL

2. EXPERIMENTAL METHOD

3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

4. PLANNED WORKS

5. CONCLUSIONS.

SIMULATIONS OF SOME STRUCTURAL MATERIALS BEHAVIOR UNDER NEUTRON IRRADIATION

2. REACTOR CONFIGURATION AND COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS

3.1. Molybdenum Alloys

3.2. Vanadium Alloys

4. CONCLUSIONS

VACANCY TYPE DEFECTS BEHAVIOR IN MATERIALS FORESEEN FOR LIQUID METAL COOLED FAST REACTORS

RESEARCH OF CORROSION BEHAVIOR OF STEAM GENERATOR TUBES FOR LEAD-COOLED POWER UNIT

2. CORROSION RESISTANCE IN LIQUID LEAD

3. CORROSION RESISTANCE IN WATER AND SUPERHEATED STEAM

4. INTERGRANULAR CORROSION RESISTANCE

5. THE MAIN RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS

TENSILE TESTING OF SUB-SIZED T91 STEEL SPECIMENS IN LIQUID LEAD

2. THE LILLA FACILITY AND TEST SECTIONS

2.1. The description of the LILLA facility

2.2. The description of the test sections

3. SSRT TESTS OF T91 IN ARGON AND LIQUID LEAD

3.1. Material and test conditions

3.2. Tests in argon and liquid lead

SESSION II: CORROSION MITIGATION MEASURES: COATING, NEW STRUCTURAL MATERIALS, ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONING

CORROSION AND MECHANICAL TESTING OF A LOW ALLOYED ALUMINA FORMING AUSTENITE FOR LIQUID LEAD APPLICATIONS

2. MATERIALS AND EXPERIMENTS

2.2. Liquid lead corrosion exposures

2.3. Small punch testing

3. RESULTS

3.1. Liquid lead corrosion exposures

3.1.1. 550 C exposures

3.1.2. 600 C exposures

3.2. Small punch testing and aging

4. DISCUSSION

5. CONCLUSIONS

ALUMINA NANOCERAMIC COATINGS: AN ENABLING TECHNOLOGY FOR HEAVY LIQUID METAL-COOLED FAST REACTORS

1.1. Lead Fast Reactor (LFR) technology: materials perspective

1.2. Mitigation strategy for LFR development: state of the art

2. ALUMINA COATINGS BY PULSED LASER DEPOSITION AND BASIC PROPERTIES.

3. MATERIAL QUALIFICATION FOR lfr APPLICATIONS

3.1. Heavy ion irradiation tests

3.2. Gas permeation tests for tritium confinement

3.3. Corrosion tests

4. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

EVALUATION OF THE HIGH-ENTROPY CR-FE-MN-NI ALLOYS COMPATIBILITY WITH A LIQUID LEAD COOLANT

2. MATERIALS AND METHODS

DESIGN AND MATERIAL SELECTION FOR LEAK-BEFORE BREAK NATURE OF DOUBLE WALLED ONCE THROUGH STEAM GENERATORS IN LEAD-BISMUTH COOLED FAST REACTORS

2. STEAM GENERATOR DESIGN AND MATERIALS SELECTION

2.1. Double-walled Once-through Steam Generator Design

2.2. Lead-bismuth side Materials Selection for Double Wall Tubes

2.3. Advanced Corrosion Control

2.3.1. Operation Temperature Reduction

2.3.2. Oxygen Control

2.4. Alumina Forming Austenitic Steel Development

3. LEAK BEFORE BREAK APPROACH

4. SUMMARY AND FUTURE WORK

COMPATIBILITY EVALUATION ON STRUCTURAL MATERIALS FOR CLEAR IN OXYGEN CONTROLLED LEAD-BISMUTH EUTECTIC AT 500 C AND 550 C

2.1. Specimen preparation

2.2. Post-test analysis

3. EFFECT OF OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS IN STATIC LBE ON CORROSION BEHAVIOR

4. LONG-TERM CORROSION BEHAVIOR

5. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF SI-CONTAINED STEEL

6. CONCLUSIONS

DEVELOPMENT OF ALUMINA FORMING MATERIALS FOR CORROSION MITIGATION IN HEAVY LIQUID METAL COOLED NUCLEAR REACTORS

2. CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIALS IN LEAD ALLOYS AT ELEVATED TEMPERTAURES

3. ADVANCED MITIGATION STRATEGIES

3.1. Surface alloying

3.2. AFA - alumina forming austenitic steels

3.3. HEA - Alumina forming High Entropy Alloys

3.4. Corrosion tests - Set-up and conditions

4. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

4.1. GESA FeCrAl-surface alloys

4.2. AFA alloys after corrosion test.

4.3. HEA alloys after corrosion test

5. SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK

CORROSION OF STEEL CLADDINGS OF FAST REACTORS FUEL ELEMENTS IN THE INTERACTION WITH URANIUM-PLUTONIUM NITRIDE FUEL

2. THE EFFECT OF THE CARBON AND OXYGEN IMPURITIES

3. CONCLUSION

SESSION III: QUALIFICATION PROGRAMMES OF STRUCTURAL MATERIALS FOR HLM FAST REACTORS

QUALIFICATION PROGRAMME OF CANDIDATE MATERIALS FOR ALFRED

2. MATERIAL CHOICE AND COOLANT CHEMISTRY STRATEGY

3. MATERIALS QUALIFICATION AND RESULTS

3.1. Al2O3 by PLD

3.2. FeCrAl Aluminizing

3.3. AlTiN coating by Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD)

3.4. Al2O3 by Detonation Gun Spray

3.5. AFA steels

4. SUMMARY AND R&amp

D NEEDS

SOME NEW R&amp

D FOCUS IN STRUCTURE MATERIALS LICENSING FOR THE SVBR-100 REACTOR FACILITIES

2. MAIN RESULTS OF MATERIALS CORROSION RESISTANCE JUSTIFICATION FOR SVBR-100 REACTOR

3. MAIN RESULTS OF MATERIALS REACTOR TESTING

4. RESEARCH PROGRAM ON COMPLETION OF JUSTIFICATIONS FOR THE USE OF MATERIALS

STATUS OF HLMC TECHNOLOGY AND RELATED MATERIALS RESEARCH IN CHINA INSTITUTE OF ATOMIC ENERGY

2. LBE DyNAMIC CORROSION TEST LOOP

2.1. Characteristic of loop design

2.2. Main parameters

2.3. Main components and auxiliary system

2.3.1. Main circuit

2.3.2. Storage tank and LBE supply system

2.3.3. Covering gas and vacuum system

2.3.4. Sampling system

2.3.5. Instrumentation control system

2.4. Current state of the loop

3. LBE ThermoNVECTION LOOP

3.1. Characteristics of loop

3.2. Main parameters

3.3. Current studies performing in the loop

4. LBE STATIC CORROSION TEST APPARATUS

4.1. Characteristic of the apparatus

4.2. Main parameters

4.3. Studies performed in the apparatus

5. CORROSION TESTS IN LBE

5.1. Parameters for corrosion test.

5.2. Test results

5.3. Summary

6. LME EFFECTS ON FM STEEL T91

6.1. Parameters for SSRT test

6.2. Test results

6.3. Summary

7. CONCLUSIONS

Appendix

MEETING PROGRAMME

A.1. Meeting Organization

A.2. Meting Sessions

A.3. Group Discussions

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

CONTRIBUTORS TO DRAFTING AND REVIEW.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

92-0-128721-6

1-5231-4991-4

OCLC:

1381711335