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Title
- Main Title Effects of hydrogen on carbon steels at the Multi-Function Waste Tank Facility
Creator
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Author: Carlos, W.C.Creator Type: Personal
Contributor
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Sponsor: United States. Department of Energy.Contributor Type: OrganizationContributor Info: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
Publisher
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Name: Westinghouse Hanford CompanyPlace of Publication: Richland, WashingtonAdditional Info: Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (United States)
Date
- Creation: 1995-02-08
Language
- English
Description
- Content Description: Concern has been expressed that hydrogen produced by corrosion, radiolysis, and decomposition of the waste could cause embrittlement of the carbon steel waste tanks at Hanford. The concern centers on the supposition that the hydrogen evolved in many of the existing tanks might penetrate the steel wall of the tank and cause embrittlement that might lead to catastrophic failure. This document reviews literature on the effects of hydrogen on the carbon steel proposed for use in the Multi-Function Waste Tank Facility for the time periods before and during construction as well as for the operational life of the tanks. The document draws several conclusions about these effects. Molecular hydrogen is not a concern because it is not capable of entering the steel tank wall. Nascent hydrogen produced by corrosion reactions will not embrittle the steel because the mild steel used in tank construction is not hard enough to be susceptible to hydrogen stress cracking and the corrosion product hydrogen is not produced at a rate sufficient to cause either loss in tensile ductility or blistering. If the steel intended for use in the tanks is produced to current technology, fabricated in accordance with good construction practice, postweld heat treated, and operated within the operating limits defined, hydrogen will not adversely affect the carbon steel tanks during their 50-year design life. 26 refs.
- Physical Description: 29 p.
Subject
- Keyword: Crack Propagation
- Keyword: Carbon Steels
- Keyword: Radioactive Waste Storage
- Keyword: Hydrogen Embrittlement
- STI Subject Categories: 36 Materials Science
- STI Subject Categories: 05 Nuclear Fuels
- Keyword: Steel-Astm-A516
- Keyword: Hydridation
- Keyword: Service Life
- Keyword: Tanks
- Keyword: Corrosion Products
- Keyword: Hanford Reservation
- Keyword: Evaluation
- Keyword: Stress Corrosion
Source
- Other Information: PBD: 8 Feb 1995
Collection
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Name: Office of Scientific & Technical Information Technical ReportsCode: OSTI
Institution
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Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents DepartmentCode: UNTGD
Resource Type
- Report
Format
- Text
Identifier
- Other: DE95007194
- Report No.: WHC-SD-W236A-ES--004
- Grant Number: AC06-87RL10930
- DOI: 10.2172/28211
- Office of Scientific & Technical Information Report Number: 28211
- Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc665698
Note
- Display Note: INIS; OSTI as DE95007194