Pages: 77 - 93

Authors: Milan PESIĆ, Tatjana MAKSIN, Gabrijela JORDANOV, Rajko DOBRIJEVIĆ, and Zoja IDJAKOVIĆ

Abstract

Effects of corrosion of aluminum alloys of nuclear purity in ordinary water of the spent fuel storage pool of the RA re search reactor at VINČA Institute of Nuclear Sciences has been examined in the framework of the International Atomic Energy Agency Coordinated Research Project "Corrosion of Research Reactor Aluminum-Clad Spent Fuel in Water" since 2002. The study presented in this paper comprises activities on determination and monitoring of chemical parameters and radioactivity of water and sludge in the RA spent fuel storage pool and results of the initial study of corrosion effects obtained by visual examinations of surfaces of various coupons made of aluminum alloys of nuclear purity of the test racks exposed to the pool water for a period from six months to six years.

Key words: corrosion, aluminum alloy, SAV-1 alloy, fuel cladding, RA research reactor, ordinary water

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