Permanent disposal of high level nuclear waste in containers that employ steel as a
structural element and copper as a corrosion barrier material is a favoured design concept in …

Metals, including austenitic steels and alloys, have been extensively applied in industrial
and engineering applications. Passive films on metal surfaces are very important for …

Electrochemical measurements based on the point defect model and ab initio calculations
were employed to investigate the properties of passive films formed on copper in anaerobic …

Emerging freestanding membrane technologies, especially using inorganic thermoelectric
materials, demonstrate the potential for advanced thermoelectric platforms. However, using …

The corrosion of high level nuclear waste containers under permanent disposal conditions
can occur via a number of processes which change in importance as the environment within …

The mechanism of corrosion of oxygen-free copper has been studied in stagnant aqueous
sulfide solutions using corrosion potential and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy …

Passivity breakdown and pitting on pure copper, the assumed material for the outer
canisters for the isolation of high-level nuclear waste in Sweden and Finland, has been …

Copper has been proposed as a canister material for the disposal of spent nuclear fuel in a
deep geologic repository in a number of countries worldwide. Since it was first proposed for …

The corrosion of copper in aqueous sulphide environments is rapid and can occur under
transport limited conditions. At sufficiently high sulphide flux, microgalvanic corrosion can be …

Finnish nuclear waste disposal program proposes to dispose spent nuclear fuel in tightly
sealed copper canisters in a geological repository; here, copper acts as a corrosion barrier …