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ported by scientific specialists and technical staff
from the Laboratory for Nuclear Materials (LNM)
and Hot Laboratory Division (AHL) at PSI (Compo-
nent Safety (BTS), Isotope and Elemental Analysis
(IEA) and Nuclear Fuels (NF) groups). NORA is pl-
anned as a 3.5 years project. KKL and KKM provi-
de relevant in-kind contributions (e.g., by granting
access to information and the possibility to expo-
se flat and cracked specimens in KKL’s mitigation
monitoring system and reactor water sample line).
The focus of the second project year was the op-
timisation of the experimental set-up, a first series
of Pt deposition experiments (eight tests) and an
assessment of the analytical techniques which are
used to analyse the Pt distribution on the speci-
mens. In the following chapter results of the first
two experiments are briefly described and an ex-
ample of the Pt distribution on a specimen from
the latest experiment is shown.
3. Results from the first
experiments
There are several aspects which are probably rele-
vant for the Pt distribution and deposition behavi-
our on the water-wetted steel surfaces in a BWR.
Some of these points of interest are: amount, con-
centration and injection rate of the Pt injected into
the feed water; flow velocity of the water on the
Pt treated steel surfaces; temperature of the feed
and reactor water; redistribution behaviour of the
Pt particles; concentration of iron-particles/crud in
the feed and reactor water; surface conditions of
the steel (roughness, oxide layer, etc.); penetrati-
on depth of Pt into cracks as a function of crack
opening, crack path (intergranular vs. transgra-
nular) and flow rate; etc. In the first two experi-
ments the effect of Pt injection rate and pre-oxi-
dation time on the ECP and Pt deposition on stain-
less steel specimens were investigated. The results
of these tests and a SEM micrograph of the latest
experiment are briefly presented in the following
sub-chapters.
3.1. Material and specimens
For the investigation of the Pt deposition behavi-
our a type 304L stainless steel (UNS S30403) from
an original pipe from a nuclear power plant was
chosen [13]. Coupons (13 × 10 × 4 mm) with a de-
fined surface roughness (R
a
0.3 μm) were used
for the experiments. The specimens were either
pre-oxidised for about 310 h in HWC environment
or used in the «as received» state.
3.2. Experimental procedure
The Pt deposition tests were performed in a so-
phisticated high-temperature water loop with 1 l
stainless steel autoclave (Figure 1). During the ex-
periments all environmental parameters at inlet
Figure 1:
Schematic of the
high-temperature
water loop facility.
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