Seven water leaks during the past year because of internal corrosion of second generation process tubes have emphasized the need for additional corrosion information. Numerous out-of-pile and probolog examinations have been made to determine the nature of the corrosion, and mixer fuel elements currently are charged in central zone tubes in order to reduce the corrosion rates. This document presents the data obtained to date as a general description of the tube condition at the time when the mixer elements were adopted and outlines future action necessary to determine when the second generation tubes must be replaced because of internal …
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Seven water leaks during the past year because of internal corrosion of second generation process tubes have emphasized the need for additional corrosion information. Numerous out-of-pile and probolog examinations have been made to determine the nature of the corrosion, and mixer fuel elements currently are charged in central zone tubes in order to reduce the corrosion rates. This document presents the data obtained to date as a general description of the tube condition at the time when the mixer elements were adopted and outlines future action necessary to determine when the second generation tubes must be replaced because of internal corrosion.
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Young, J. R.Current status -- Second generation process tube internal corrosion,
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June 22, 1960;
Richland, Washington.
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