Crud Analysis and Simulation

Corrosion of Heat-conducting Surfaces

All power plants generate large quantities of water vapour through heat transfer from metal surfaces. Studsvik has special equipment to study such surfaces during boiling. Several projects have been conducted on steam generators as well as fuel cladding. Oxides and deposits - also known as crud - on nuclear power plant fuel cladding are also investigated. These studies provide important information for understanding deposits and for dose rate-related corrosion problems.

Corrosion Studies in Core Environments

Even investigations similar to those conducted in autoclaves in the Corrosion laboratory are conducted. However, in this case, the investigations are conducted in the reactor core environment, which is an important difference, since neutron and gamma fluxes change the chemical environment and can affect materials and corrosion properties.