Quote from: peteshonkwiler on Jul 10, 2020, 10:26
https://phys.org/news/2020-07-corrosion-materials.html (https://phys.org/news/2020-07-corrosion-materials.html)
Seems like it is a little narrow to claim any benefit. Most fuel failures I am familiar with had to do with erosion, cyclic stress (heavy vibration due to flow), and galvanic corrosion due to dissimilar metals. Radiation fatigue I thought was primarily due to neutron embrittlement in the vessel. Corrosion rate due to radiation is new to me and is proton radiation a good surrogate for gamma and neutron. Playing devils advocate for the sake of discussion, after all what do I know I am not a MIT grad.
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