Facility Details

Facility to conduct experimental research on corrosion, stress corrosion cracking, and hydrogen embrittlement experiments in high temperature aqueous and gas environments and, in particular, simulated light water reactor environments. Conducts both high and low temperature corrosion, stress corrosion cracking experiments, electrochemical tests and mechanical tests. Consists of refreshed autoclave systems (titanium, Inconel, or stainless steel construction), mounted in constant extension rate machines and constant load machine. Experiments can be done in range of environments, including supercritical water, simulated BWR and PWR water, high temperature steam, and gas environments. Each autoclave is isolated from the other systems with independent water and computer monitoring systems. The lab also contains two full-featured corrosion measurement systems and additional potentiostats.