| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2021 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Materials and Chemistry for Molten Salt Systems
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| Presentation Title |
Structural Health Impacts Due to Exposure of Irradiated Molten Chloride Salts |
| Author(s) |
Nora Dianne Bull Ezell, Stephen Raiman, Joel McDuffee, Matt Kurley |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Stephen Raiman |
| Abstract Scope |
Understanding the effects molten salts have on the infrastructures they encounter is critical for structural health monitoring, planned maintenance, and safe operation. While there are many corrosion studies at elevated temperatures, the temperature is not the only hazard in a molten salt reactor. ORNL executed a small-scale proof-of-concept irradiation to understand the effects on corrosion development due to radiation. The goals of this irradiation were to demonstrate the possibility of a safe and effective irradiation experiment and to obtain preliminary corrosion data.
This work discusses the PIE results from a chloride salt irradiation experiment executed at the Ohio State Research Reactor in 2018. While this is a proof-of-concept irradiation, many lessons were learned that will impact the design of the next, larger-scale follow-on irradiation. This document will discuss the future plans and suggestions for increasingly more complex irradiation experiments. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
Nuclear Materials, Mechanical Properties, Other |