Environmental degradation of structural materials in liquid lead-and lead-bismuth eutectic-cooled reactors

X Gong, MP Short, T Auger… - Progress in materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Liquid lead (Pb)-and lead–bismuth eutectic (LBE)-cooled fast neutron reactors (Gen-IV
LFRs) are one of the most technologically mature fission reactor technologies, due to their …

Radioactive waste partitioning and transmutation within advanced fuel cycles: Achievements and challenges

M Salvatores, G Palmiotti - Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, 2011 - Elsevier
If nuclear power becomes a sustainable source of energy, a safe, robust, and acceptable
solution must be pursued for existing and projected inventories of high-activity, long-lived …

Challenges in low-Prandtl number heat transfer simulation and modelling

G Grötzbach - Nuclear engineering and design, 2013 - Elsevier
Nuclear heat transfer applications with low-Prandtl number fluids are often in the transition
range between conduction and convection dominated regimes. Most flows in reactors …

Revealing the critical failure factor and sub-surface damage mechanism of 316 stainless steel during fretting corrosion under the molten lead-bismuth eutectic

Y Cao, K Hua, N Li, Y Tong, Y Song, H Wu, Q Zhou… - Tribology …, 2023 - Elsevier
The critical failure factor and damage mechanism of 316 stainless steel during fretting
corrosion under the molten lead-bismuth eutectic (LBE) are specially investigated …

Influence of liquid lead and lead–bismuth eutectic on tensile, fatigue and creep properties of ferritic/martensitic and austenitic steels for transmutation systems

D Gorse, T Auger, JB Vogt, I Serre… - Journal of nuclear …, 2011 - Elsevier
In this paper, the tensile, fatigue and creep properties of the Ferritic/Martensitic (F/M) steel
T91 and of the Austenitic Stainless (AS) Steel 316L in lead–bismuth eutectic (LBE) or lead …

Oxidation and dissolution behavior of FeCrNiAl based high entropy alloy and alumina-forming austenitic steel exposed to lead-bismuth eutectic (LBE)

YF Wang, JS Li, W Xu, XZ Wang - Corrosion Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Developing corrosion-resistant alloys is essential for the application of lead-cooled fast
reactors. Herein, two types of FeCrNiAl alloys (high entropy alloy, HEA and alumina forming …

Dissolution and oxidation behaviour of various austenitic steels and Ni rich alloys in lead-bismuth eutectic at 520 C

M Roy, L Martinelli, K Ginestar, J Favergeon… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2016 - Elsevier
Ten austenitic steels and Ni rich alloys were tested in static lead-bismuth eutectic (LBE) at
520° C in order to obtain a selection of austenitic steels having promising corrosion …

Corrosion resistance of 15–15Ti and 316Ti austenitic steels as fuel cladding in liquid lead-bismuth eutectic at 550℃: The dominant role of grain structure

D Wang, S Liu, C Xiao, X Ma, Y Sun, G Yuan, J Zeng… - Corrosion …, 2023 - Elsevier
The corrosion mechanism of 15–15Ti and 316Ti austenitic stainless steels exposed to liquid
lead-bismuth eutectic (LBE) at 550℃ with dissolved oxygen 5× 10− 7 mass% was …

Influence of LBE long term exposure and simultaneous fast neutron irradiation on the mechanical properties of T91 and 316L

E Stergar, SG Eremin, S Gavrilov, M Lambrecht… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The LEXUR–II–LBE irradiation campaign was conducted from 2011 to 2012 and
was aimed to investigate the combined influence of irradiation and LBE environment. In this …

Corrosion phenomena induced by liquid metals in Generation IV reactors

C Fazio, F Balbaud - Structural Materials for Generation IV Nuclear …, 2017 - Elsevier
The understanding and prediction of corrosion phenomena in liquid metal-cooled reactors is
very important for the performance assessment of the structural materials of the different …