Noble metal catalysis for mitigation of corrosion, erosion and stress corrosion cracking in pressurized water reactor and related high temperature water environments

Abstract

Method for controlling erosion and cracking in a metal component of a nuclear reactor, particularly in the highly concentrated primary and secondary systems of a PWR, comprising creating a catalytic surface on the component; and generating a stoichiometric excess of reductant the water of the reactor to reduce the oxidant concentration at the surface to substantially zero.

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