Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Environmental Degradation of Materials in Nuclear Power Systems – Water Reactors: Volume 2

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This two-volume set represents a collection of papers presented at the 18th International Conference on Environmental Degradation of Materials in Nuclear Power Systems – Water Reactors. The purpose of this conference series is to foster an exchange of ideas about problems and their remedies in water-cooled nuclear power plants of today and the future. Contributions cover problems facing nickel-based alloys, stainless steels, pressure vessel and piping steels, zirconium alloys, and other alloys in water environments of relevance. Components covered include pressure boundary components, reactor vessels and internals, steam generators, fuel cladding, irradiated components, fuel storage containers, and balance of plant components and systems. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxix Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Simultaneous Thermal and Gamma Radiation Aging of Electrical Cable Polymers (Leonard S. Fifield)....Pages 3-10 Principal Component Analysis (PCA) as a Statistical Tool for Identifying Key Indicators of Nuclear Power Plant Cable Insulation Degradation (Chamila C. De Silva, Scott P. Beckman, Shuaishuai Liu, Nicola Bowler)....Pages 11-23 How Can Material Characterization Support Cable Aging Management? (David Rouison, Marzieh Riahinezhad, Anand Anandakumaran)....Pages 25-40 Aqueous Degradation in Harvested Medium Voltage Cables in Nuclear Power Plants (R. C. Duckworth, A. Ellis, B. Hinderliter, E. Hill, M. Maurer-Jones)....Pages 41-49 Frequency Domain Reflectometry Modeling and Measurement for Nondestructive Evaluation of Nuclear Power Plant Cables (S. W. Glass, L. S. Fifield, A. M. Jones, T. S. Hartman)....Pages 51-64 Aging Mechanisms and Nondestructive Aging Indicator of Filled Cross-Linked Polyethylene (XLPE) Exposed to Simultaneous Thermal and Gamma Radiation (Shuaishuai Liu, Leonard S. Fifield, Nicola Bowler)....Pages 65-75 Successful Detection of Insulation Degradation in Cables by Frequency Domain Reflectometry (Yoshimichi Ohki, Naoshi Hirai)....Pages 77-85 Capacitive Nondestructive Evaluation of Aged Cross-Linked Polyethylene (XLPE) Cable Insulation Material (Z. H. Shao, N. Bowler)....Pages 87-97 Tracking of Nuclear Cable Insulation Polymer Structural Changes Using the Gel Fraction and Uptake Factor Method (Miguel Correa, Qian Huang, Leonard S. Fifield)....Pages 99-105 Degradation of Silicone Rubber Analyzed by Instrumental Analyses and Dielectric Spectroscopy (Yoshimichi Ohki, Naoshi Hirai, Daomin Min, Liuqing Yang, Shengtao Li)....Pages 107-116 Front Matter ....Pages 117-117 Automated Detection of Alkali-Silica Reaction in Concrete Using Linear Array Ultrasound Data (Dwight A. Clayton, Hector Santos-Villalobos, N. Dianne Bull Ezell, Joseph Clayton, Justin Baba)....Pages 119-129 Coupled Physics Simulation of Expansive Reactions in Concrete with the Grizzly Code (Benjamin W. Spencer, Hai Huang)....Pages 131-141 Overview of EPRI Long Term Operations Work on Nuclear Power Plant Concrete Structures (Joe Wall, Sam Johnson)....Pages 143-149 The Effects of Neutron Irradiation on the Mechanical Properties of Mineral Analogues of Concrete Aggregates (Thomas M. Rosseel, Maxim N. Gussev, Luis F. Mora)....Pages 151-161 Front Matter ....Pages 163-163 Accident Tolerant FeCrAl Fuel Cladding: Current Status Towards Commercialization (Kevin G. Field, Yukinori Yamamoto, Bruce A. Pint, Maxim N. Gussev, Kurt A. Terrani)....Pages 165-173 Interdiffusion Behavior of FeCrAl with U3Si2 (Rita E. Hoggan, Lingfeng He, Jason M. Harp)....Pages 175-184 Mechanical Behavior of FeCrAl and Other Alloys Following Exposure to LOCA Conditions Plus Quenching (Evan J. Dolley, Michael Schuster, Cole Crawford, Raul B. Rebak)....Pages 185-200 Mechanical Behavior and Structure of Advanced Fe-Cr-Al Alloy Weldments (M. N. Gussev, K. G. Field, E. Cakmak, Y. Yamamoto)....Pages 201-214 Investigating Potential Accident Tolerant Fuel Cladding Materials and Coatings (K. Daub, S. Y. Persaud, R. B. Rebak, R. Van Nieuwenhove, S. Ramamurthy, H. Nordin)....Pages 215-234 Steam Oxidation Behavior of FeCrAl Cladding (B. A. Pint, K. A. Terrani, R. B. Rebak)....Pages 235-244 In-Situ Proton Irradiation-Corrosion Study of ATF Candidate Alloys in Simulated PWR Primary Water (Peng Wang, Gary S. Was)....Pages 245-258 Hydrothermal Corrosion of SiC Materials for Accident Tolerant Fuel Cladding with and Without Mitigation Coatings (Stephen S. Raiman, Caen Ang, Peter Doyle, Kurt A. Terrani)....Pages 259-267 Characterization of the Hydrothermal Corrosion Behavior of Ceramics for Accident Tolerant Fuel Cladding (Peter J. Doyle, Stephen S. Raiman, R. Rebak, Kurt A. Terrani)....Pages 269-280 Corrosion of Multilayer Ceramic-Coated ZIRLO Exposed to High Temperature Water (Kiran K. Mandapaka, Gary S. Was)....Pages 281-292 Front Matter ....Pages 293-293 Calibration of the Local IGSCC Engineering Model for Alloy 600 (Thierry Couvant, Jacqueline Caballero, Cécilie Duhamel, Jérôme Crépin, Takaharu Maeguchi)....Pages 295-317 Prediction of IGSCC as a Finite Element Modeling Post-analysis (Thierry Couvant)....Pages 319-334 Monte Carlo Simulation Based on SCC Test Results in Hydrogenated Steam Environment for Alloy 600 (Yohei Sakakibara, Ippei Shinozaki, Gen Nakayama, Takashi Nan-Nichi, Tomoyuki Fujii, Yoshinobu Shimamura et al.)....Pages 335-345 Protection of the Steel Used for Dry Cask Storage System from Atmospheric Corrosion by Tio2 Coating (Jing-Ru Yang, Mei-Ya Wang, Tsung-Kuang Yeh, Peter Chen)....Pages 347-355 Predictive Modeling of Baffle-Former Bolt Failures in Pressurized Water Reactors (Gregory A. Banyay, Matthew H. Kelley, Joshua K. McKinley, Matthew J. Palamara, Scott E. Sidener, Clarence L. Worrell)....Pages 357-372 Technical Basis and SCC Growth Rate Data to Develop an SCC Disposition Curve for Alloy 82 in BWR Environments (Katsuhiko Kumagai, Yusuke Sakai, Takayuki Kaminaga)....Pages 373-387 Front Matter ....Pages 389-389 SCC and Fracture Toughness of XM-19 (Peter Andresen, Martin Morra, Robert Carter)....Pages 391-406 On the Effect of Preoxidation of Nickel Alloy X-750 (Silvia Tuzi, Kenneth Göransson, Fang Liu, Mattias Thuvander, Krystyna Stiller)....Pages 407-416 Microstructures of Oxide Films Formed in Alloy 182 BWR Core Shroud Support Leg Cracks (Jiaxin Chen, Daniel Jädernäs, Fredrik Lindberg, Henrik Pettersson, Martin Bjurman, Kwadwo Kese et al.)....Pages 417-431 Effect of Chloride Transients on Crack Growth Rates in Low Alloy Steels in BWR Environments (Xiaoyuan Lou, Raj Pathania)....Pages 433-445 Electrochemical Behavior of Platinum Treated Type 304 Stainless Steels in Simulated BWR Environments Under Startup Conditions (Chu-Yung Yuan, Tsung-Kuang Yeh, Mei-Ya Wang)....Pages 447-456 Investigations of the Dual Benefits of Zinc Injection on Cobalt-60 Uptake and Oxide Film Formation Under Boiling Water Reactor Conditions (Samuel Holdsworth, Fabio Scenini, M. Grace Burke, Tsuyoshi Ito, Yoichi Wada, Hideyuki Hosokawa et al.)....Pages 457-467 SCC Mitigation in Boiling Water Reactors: Platinum Deposition and Durability on Structural Materials (Pascal V. Grundler, Stefan Ritter, Lyubomira Veleva)....Pages 469-484 Confirmation of On-Line NobleChem™ (OLNC) Mitigation Effectiveness in Operating Boiling Water Reactors (BWRs) (Joe Kopcash, Juan Varela, Hubert Huie, G. Depta)....Pages 485-496 Development of the Fundamental Multiphysics Analysis Model for Crevice Corrosion Using a Finite Element Method (Masahiko Tachibana, Yoichi Wada, Takayuki Arakawa, Yoshiharu Kikuchi, Takehiro Seto)....Pages 497-507 In Situ Electrochemical Study on Crevice Environment of Stainless Steel in High Temperature Water (Y. Soma, C. Kato, F. Ueno)....Pages 509-521 Front Matter ....Pages 523-523 Corrosion Fatigue Crack Initiation in Zr-2.5Nb (H. M. Nordin, A. J. Phillion, T. M. Karlsen, S. Persaud)....Pages 525-541 Cluster Dynamics Model for the Hydride Precipitation Kinetics in Zirconium Cladding (Donghua Xu, Hang Xiao)....Pages 543-552 Modeling Corrosion Kinetics of Zirconium Alloys in Loss-of-Coolant Accident (LOCA) (Léo Borrel, Adrien Couet)....Pages 553-563 Progressing Zirconium-Alloy Corrosion Models Using Synchrotron XANES (Michael Moorehead, Adrien Couet, Jing Hu, Zhonghou Cai)....Pages 565-576 Advanced Characterization of Hydrides in Zirconium Alloys (S. M. Hanlon, S. Y. Persaud, F. Long, M. R. Daymond)....Pages 577-597 Influence of Alloying Elements and Effect of Stress on Anisotropic Hydrogen Diffusion in Zr-Based Alloys Predicted by Accelerated Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulations (Jianguo Yu, Chao Jiang, Yongfeng Zhang)....Pages 599-610 Front Matter ....Pages 611-611 Influence of δ-Ferrite Content on Thermal Aging Induced Mechanical Property Degradation in Cast Stainless Steels (Thak Sang Byun, Timothy G. Lach, Ying Yang, Changheui Jang)....Pages 613-624 Microstructure and Deformation Behavior of Thermally Aged Cast Austenitic Stainless Steels (Y. Chen, C. Xu, X. Zhang, W.-Y. Chen, J.-S. Park, J. Almer et al.)....Pages 625-641 Microstructural Evolution of Cast Austenitic Stainless Steels Under Accelerated Thermal Aging (Timothy G. Lach, Thak Sang Byun)....Pages 643-652 Electrochemical Characteristics of Delta Ferrite in Thermally Aged Austenitic Stainless Steel Weld (Gokul Obulan Subramanian, Sunghoon Hong, Ho Jung Lee, Byeong Seo Kong, Kyoung-Soo Lee, Thak Sang Byun et al.)....Pages 653-661 Effect of Long-Term Thermal Aging on SCC Initiation Susceptibility in Low Carbon Austenitic Stainless Steels (So Aoki, Keietsu Kondo, Yoshiyuki Kaji, Masahiro Yamamoto)....Pages 663-672 Crack Growth Rate and Fracture Toughness of CF3 Cast Stainless Steels at ~3 DPA (Y. Chen, W.-Y. Chen, B. Alexandreanu, K. Natesan, A. S. Rao)....Pages 673-687 Effects of Thermal Aging and Low Dose Neutron Irradiation on the Ferrite Phase in a 308L Weld (Z. Li, Y. Chen, A. S. Rao, Y. Yang)....Pages 689-702 Microstructural Evolution of Welded Stainless Steels on Integrated Effect of Thermal Aging and Low Flux Irradiation (Martin Bjurman, Kristina Lindgren, Mattias Thuvander, Peter Ekström, Pål Efsing)....Pages 703-710 Front Matter ....Pages 711-711 The Use of Tapered Specimens to Evaluate the SCC Initiation Susceptibility in Alloy 182 in BWR and PWR Environments (Juxing Bai, Stefan Ritter, Hans-Peter Seifert, Marc Vankeerberghen, Rik-Wouter Bosch)....Pages 713-732 Effect of Thermal Aging on Fracture Mechanical Properties and Crack Propagation Behavior of Alloy 52 Narrow-Gap Dissimilar Metal Weld (Matias Ahonen, Sebastian Lindqvist, Teemu Sarikka, Jari Lydman, Roman Mouginot, Ulla Ehrnstén et al.)....Pages 733-747 Distribution and Characteristics of Oxide Films Formed on Stainless Steel Cladding on Low Alloy Steel in Simulated PWR Primary Water Environments (Qi Xiong, Hongjuan Li, Zhanpeng Lu, Junjie Chen, Qian Xiao, Jiarong Ma et al.)....Pages 749-762 Microstructural Characterization of Alloy 52 Narrow-Gap Dissimilar Metal Weld After Aging (Teemu Sarikka, Roman Mouginot, Matias Ahonen, Sebastian Lindqvist, Ulla Ehrnstén, Pekka Nevasmaa et al.)....Pages 763-777 A Statistical Analysis on Modeling Uncertainty Through Crack Initiation Tests (Jae Phil Park, Chanseok Park, Chi Bum Bahn)....Pages 779-795 Front Matter ....Pages 797-797 Laboratory Analysis of a Leaking Letdown Cooler from Oconee Unit 3 (James Hyres, Rocky Thompson, Jim Batton)....Pages 799-818 Root Cause Analysis of Cracking in Alloy 182 BWR Core Shroud Support Leg Cracks (Martin Bjurman, Daniel Jädernäs, Kwadwo Kese, Anders Jenssen, Jiaxin Chen, Massimo Cocco et al.)....Pages 819-829 Microbially Induced Corrosion in Firefighting Systems—Experience and Remedies (Ulla Ehrnstén, Leena Carpén, Kimmo Tompuri)....Pages 831-840 Managing the Ageing Degradation of Concealed Safety Relevant Cooling Water Piping in European S/KWU LWRs (Martin Widera, Gerd Ahlers, Bernd Gruhne, Thomas Wermelinger)....Pages 841-852 Identification of PWR Stainless Steel Piping Safety Significant Locations Susceptible to Stress Corrosion Cracking (R. Hosler, A. Kulp, P. Stevenson, S. Petro)....Pages 853-878 Front Matter ....Pages 879-879 On the Use of Density-Based Algorithms for the Analysis of Solute Clustering in Atom Probe Tomography Data (Emmanuelle A. Marquis, Vicente Araullo-Peters, Yan Dong, Auriane Etienne, Svetlana Fedotova, Katsuhiko Fujii et al.)....Pages 881-897 Comparative Study on Short Time Oxidation of Un-Irradiated and Protons Pre-Irradiated 316L Stainless Steel in Simulated PWR Water (M. Boisson, L. Legras, F. Carrette, O. Wendling, T. Sauvage, A. Bellamy et al.)....Pages 899-918 Hydrogen Trapping by Irradiation-Induced Defects in 316L Stainless Steel (Anne-Cécile Bach, Frantz Martin, Cécilie Duhamel, Stéphane Perrin, François Jomard, Jérôme Crépin)....Pages 919-935 Grain Boundary Oxidation of Neutron Irradiated Stainless Steels in Simulated PWR Water (Takuya Fukumura, Koji Fukuya, Katsuhiko Fujii, Terumitsu Miura, Yuji Kitsunai)....Pages 937-947 Irradiation Assisted Stress Corrosion Cracking (IASCC) of Nickel-Base Alloys in Light Water Reactors Environments—Part I: Microstructure Characterization (M. Song, M. Wang, G. S. Was, L. Nelson, R. Pathania)....Pages 949-960 Irradiation Assisted Stress Corrosion Cracking (IASCC) of Nickel-Base Alloys in Light Water Reactors Environments Part II: Stress Corrosion Cracking (Mi Wang, Miao Song, Gary S. Was, L. Nelson, R. Pathania)....Pages 961-972 Solute Clustering in As-irradiated and Post-irradiation-Annealed 304 Stainless Steel (Yimeng Chen, Yan Dong, Emmanuelle Marquis, Zhijie Jiao, Justin Hesterberg, Gary Was et al.)....Pages 973-991 Front Matter ....Pages 993-993 Irradiation-Assisted Stress Corrosion Cracking Initiation Screening Criteria for Stainless Steels in PWR Systems (Steve Fyfitch, Sarah Davidsaver, Kyle Amberge)....Pages 995-1004 Novel Technique for Quantitative Measurement of Localized Stresses Near Dislocation Channel—Grain Boundary Interaction Sites in Irradiated Stainless Steel (D. C. Johnson, G. S. Was)....Pages 1005-1013 IASCC Susceptibility of 304L Stainless Steel Irradiated in a BWR and Subjected to Post Irradiation Annealing (Justin R. Hesterberg, Zhijie Jiao, Gary S. Was)....Pages 1015-1026 Irradiation Assisted Stress Corrosion Cracking Susceptibility of Alloy X-750 Exposed to BWR Environments (S. Teysseyre, J. H. Jackson, P. L. Andresen, P. Chou, B. Carter)....Pages 1027-1037 Evaluation of Crack Growth Rates and Microstructures Near the Crack Tip of Neutron-Irradiated Austenitic Stainless Steels in Simulated BWR Environment (Yasuhiro Chimi, Shigeki Kasahara, Hitoshi Seto, Yuji Kitsunai, Masato Koshiishi, Yutaka Nishiyama)....Pages 1039-1054 Effect of Specimen Size on the Crack Growth Rate Behavior of Irradiated Type 304 Stainless Steel (A. Jenssen, P. Chou, C. Tobpasi)....Pages 1055-1072 Plastic Deformation Processes Accompanying Stress Corrosion Crack Propagation in Irradiated Austenitic Steels (M. N. Gussev, G. S. Was, J. T. Busby, K. J. Leonard)....Pages 1073-1084 Front Matter ....Pages 1085-1085 Effect of Grain Orientation on Irradiation Assisted Corrosion of 316L Stainless Steel in Simulated PWR Primary Water (Rigel D. Hanbury, Gary S. Was)....Pages 1087-1096 Finite Element Modelling to Investigate the Mechanisms of CRUD Deposition in PWR (Jiejie Wu, Nicholas Stevens, Fabio Scenini, Brian Connolly, Andy Banks, Andrew Powell et al.)....Pages 1097-1109 Properties of Oxide Films on Ni–Cr–xFe Alloys in a Simulated PWR Water Environment (Xiangkun Ru, Zhanpeng Lu, Junjie Chen, Guangdong Han, Jinlong Zhang, Pengfei Hu et al.)....Pages 1111-1126 Front Matter ....Pages 1127-1127 Effect of Applied Potential and Inhibitors on PbSCC of Alloy 690TT (Brent Capell, Jesse Lumsden, Michael Calabrese, Rick Eaker)....Pages 1129-1144 Corrosion of SG Tube Alloys in Typical Secondary Side Local Chemistries Derived from Operating Experience (Ian de Curieres)....Pages 1145-1163 Investigation on the Effect of Lead (Pb) on the Degradation Behavior of Passive Films on Alloy 800 (J. Ulaganathan, H. Ha)....Pages 1165-1181 Influence of Alloying on α-αʹ Phase Separation in Duplex Stainless Steels (David A. Garfinkel, Jonathan D. Poplawsky, Wei Guo, George A. Young, Julie D. Tucker)....Pages 1183-1192 Stress Corrosion Cracking of Alloy 800 in Secondary Side Crevice Environment (Maria-Lynn Komar, Guylaine Goszczynski)....Pages 1193-1203 Using Modern Microscopy to “Fingerprint” Secondary Side SCC in Ni–Fe Alloys (S. Y. Persaud, J. M. Smith, C. D. Judge, M. Bryk, R. C. Newman, M. G. Burke et al.)....Pages 1205-1235 Back Matter ....Pages 1237-1308