The Proposed Yucca Mountain Repository From A Corrosion Perspective

Payer, J. H.

United States. Department of Energy. Yucca Mountain Project Office.

关键词: Corrosion;    Radioisotopes;    Wastes;    Electrochemistry;    Shape;   

DOI  :  10.2172/840155
RP-ID  :  NONE
RP-ID  :  NONE
RP-ID  :  840155

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

Corrosion is a primary determinant of waste package performance at the proposed Yucca Mountain Repository and will control the delay time for radionuclide transport from the waste package. Corrosion is the most probable and most likely degradation process that will determine when packages will be penetrated and the shape size and distribution of those penetrations. The general issues in corrosion science, materials science and electrochemistry are well defined, and the knowledge base is substantial for understanding corrosion processes. In this paper, the Yucca Mountain Repository is viewed from a corrosion perspective.