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Nuclear Science, Technology, and Engineering for Molten Salt Reactors

Texas A&M University College of Engineering

Materials and Corrosion

Glovebox for controlling gas environment

Researchers

Faculty

  • Adrien Couet
  • Kumar Sridharan
  • Lin Shao
  • Frank Garner

Students

  • Cody Falconer (principal student)
  • Aaron French (principal student)
  • Will Doniger
  • Evan Buxton
  • Hyosim Kim
  • Adam Gabriel
  • Andres Morell-Pacheo

Collaborations

  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • Idaho National Laboratory
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Haynes Corporation
  • Kokomo, IL (for alloys)
  • Materion Corporation
  • Cleveland, OH (for salts)

Broad Objectives

  • Evaluate corrosion performance and mechanisms of Hastelloy-N
  • In-situ electrochemical monitoring of corrosion
  • Enhanced understanding of dissimilar materials-induced corrosion and mass transport in fluoride salts
  • Effects of proton pre-irradiation on the corrosion of Hastelloy-N
  • Effect of irradiation on swelling and mechanical properties of Hastelloy-N, Alloy 709, 316 stainless steel
University of Wisconsin’s Proposed Corrosion Cell

Corrosion Evaluation of Hastelloy-N

  • Characterization of  corrosion resistance  in well controlled  conditions
  • Corrosion resistance in uranium bearing salts
  • Demonstrate in-situ corrosion monitoring
Corrosion cell lifting assembly installed in glovebox

Void Swelling Study

  • Irradiation resistance  behavior of Hastelloy-N, A709, and 316SS at very high dpa using ion irradiation
  • Simultaneous helium injection and self ion irradiation damage

Void Swelling with increasing radiation damage for MSR alloys of interest

Synergistic Effect of Corrosion and  Irradiation

  • Effect of pre-irradiation on corrosion resistance of Hastelloy-N
  • Focus on radiation induced segregation
  • Cover larger experimental matrix for separate effects

Coupling of Corrosion and Irradiation

  • In-situ irradiation effects on corrosion
  • Radiation effect on surface corrosion mechanism
  • Steady state behavior representative of MSR
Dual beam irradiation capability for simultaneous radiation damage and He injection
Dissimilar Materials corrosion effects preliminary work

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