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Surface Studies Of Corrosion Of Stainless Steel By Lead Bismuth Eutectic, Daniel Koury, Brian D. Hosterman, John Farley, Dale L. Perry, D. Parsons, J. Manzerova, Allen L. Johnson
Surface Studies Of Corrosion Of Stainless Steel By Lead Bismuth Eutectic, Daniel Koury, Brian D. Hosterman, John Farley, Dale L. Perry, D. Parsons, J. Manzerova, Allen L. Johnson
Transmutation Sciences Materials (TRP)
Why is Lead Bismuth Eutectic Important?
• Changing national security stances have led to reexamination of nuclear waste reprocessing
• Dangerous actinides can be separated and
• Transmuted into safer products, creating a waste form dangerous for only hundreds of years, in addition to the production (up to 1/3 of the original fission energy) of useful energy
• Non-moderating coolants or spallation targets for production of fast neutrons is required for transmutation
• Russian experience with LBE coolants in their nuclear submarine fleet makes LBE an attractive possible transmutation coolant technology
• Corrosion of steel by LBE is an important …