Environmentally Assisted Cracking of Nickel Alloys in Aqueous Solutions Containing Bicarbonate and Chloride

N. S. ZADOROZNE; C. M. GIORDANO; A. ARES; R. M. CARRANZA; R. B. REBAK

Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Conferencia; MS&T?2014, ?Materials Issues in Nuclear Waste Management in the 21st Century; 2014

ASM International

Nuclear energy continues to provide worldwide a clean alternative to fossil fuels. Nuclear energy does not release greenhouse gases that may contribute to climate change. However, nuclear power produces nuclear waste, which needs to be isolated from the environment for thousands of years All the countries currently operating nuclear power reactors agree that the best alternative to deal with nuclear waste is to bury it in geologically stable repositories. The hypothesis is that by the very nature of these geological sites -which have not changed for thousands of years- they will contain the waste for long times, limiting their spread, for example, through water flow