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http://dx.doi.org/10.14773/cst.2021.20.3.118

A way Analyzing Oxide Layer on an Irradiated CANDU-PHWR Pressure Tube Using an EPMA and X-ray Image Mapping  

Jung, Yang Hong (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Kim, Hee Moon (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
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Corrosion Science and Technology / v.20, no.3, 2021 , pp. 118-128 More about this Journal
Abstract
The oxide layer in samples taken from an irradiated Zr-2.5Nb pressure tube from a CANDU-PHWR reactor was analyzed using electron probe microanalysis (EPMA). The examined tube had been exposed to temperatures ranging from 264 to 306 ℃ and a neutron fluence of 8.9 × 1021 n/cm2 (E > 1 MeV) for the maximum 10 effective full-power years in a nuclear power plant. Measuring oxide layer thickness generally employs optical microscopy. However, in this study, analysis of the oxide layer from the irradiated pressure tube components was undertaken through X-ray image mapping obtained using EPMA. The oxide layer characteristics were analyzed by X-ray image mapping with 256 × 256 pixels using EPMA. In addition, the slope of the oxide layer was measured for each location. A particular advantage of this study was that backscattered electrons and X-ray image mapping were obtained at a magnification of 9,000 when 20 kV volts and 30 uA of current were applied to radiation-shielded EPMA. The results of this study should usefully contribute to the study of the oxide layer properties of various types of metallic materials irradiated by high radiation in nuclear power plants.
Keywords
Irradiated Zr-2.5Nb; CANDU-PHWR; Pressure tube; Oxide properties; EPMA;
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