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Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
Company•Ottawa, Ontario, Canada•
About: Atomic Energy of Canada Limited is a company organization based out in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Zirconium alloy & Neutron. The organization has 4845 authors who have published 4826 publications receiving 102951 citations.
Topics: Zirconium alloy, Neutron, Zirconium, Hydrogen, Neutron scattering
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TL;DR: In this article, the effect of temperature, water chemistry, support geometry, and tube material on fretting-wear has been investigated, and the results show that a significant effect is associated with temperature on tube wear damage.
Abstract: Flow-induced vibration of steam generator (SG) tubes may sometimes result in fretting-wear damage at the tube-to-support locations. Fretting-wear damage predictions are largely based on experimental data obtained at representative test conditions. Fretting-wear of SG materials has been studied at the Chalk River Laboratories for two decades. Tests are conducted in fretting-wear test machines that simulate SG environmental conditions and tube-to-support dynamic interactions. A new high-temperature force and displacement measuring system was developed to monitor tube-to-support interaction (i.e., work-rate) at operating conditions. This improvement in experimental fretting-wear technology was used to perform a comprehensive study of the effect of various environment and design parameters on SG tube wear damage. This paper summarizes the results of tests performed over the past 4 yr to study the effect of temperature, water chemistry, support geometry, and tube material on fretting-wear. The results show a significant effect of temperature on tube wear damage. Therefore, fretting-wear tests must be performed at operating temperatures in order to be relevant. No significant effect of the type of water treatment on tube wear damage was observed. For predominantly impacting motion, the wear of SG tubes in contact with 410 stainless steel is similar regardless of whether Alloy 690 ormore » Alloy 800 is used as tubing material or whether lattice bars or broached hole supports are used. Based on results presented in this paper, an average wear coefficient value is recommended that is used for the prediction of SG tube wear depth versus time.« less
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TL;DR: In this article, the impact of α-radiolysis of water on the corrosion potential of a UO 2 electrode has been measured in an electrochemical cell designed to bring a gold-plated α-source to within 30 μm of the electrode.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compared the swelling capacity and hydraulic conductivity of unprocessed and processed bentonites from natural deposits and found that the processed bentonite exhibits a greater swelling capacity (Ps) and lower hydraulic conductivities (K) than the un-processed clay.
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TL;DR: In this article, the internal conversion electron spectrum following the β decay of Ce144 has been studied in the Chalk River iron-free π√2 β spectrometer at a momentum resolution of ≈ 0.1%.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a rapid sample preparation method for analysis of Pu at femtogram levels in large volume urine samples is described using the compact ETH AMS Tandy facility operating at ∼300 kV, and validated by analysing urine samples spiked with known amounts of 239/240/241Pu ranging from 1 to 30 fg.
Abstract: Accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) is a very sensitive and robust technique for analysis of long-lived radionuclides. Employment of the AMS technique can reduce the demands on sample preparation chemistry, due to its high rejection of interferences and low susceptibility to sample matrix. This is particularly of interest for ultra-trace determination of 239Pu in bioassay and environmental samples, as other mass spectrometric methods such as inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) can suffer from isobaric mass interferences by the presence of uranium in the sample. A rapid sample preparation method for analysis of Pu at femtogram levels in large volume urine samples is described. Using the compact ETH AMS Tandy facility operating at ∼300 kV, the method was validated by analysing urine samples spiked with known amounts of 239/240/241Pu ranging from 1 to 30 fg. The detection limits for the method were estimated to be 0.38 fg for 239Pu, 0.40 fg for 240Pu and 0.08 fg for 241Pu in 1400 mL of urine.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Henry P. Schwarcz | 78 | 351 | 20863 |
Jonathan N. Glickman | 72 | 172 | 24025 |
Andrej Atrens | 69 | 417 | 21741 |
See Leang Chin | 67 | 460 | 17181 |
Purnendu K. Dasgupta | 62 | 506 | 16779 |
John Katsaras | 55 | 220 | 9263 |
Jing-Li Luo | 55 | 436 | 10963 |
Charles Gale | 53 | 331 | 10903 |
Sanjoy Banerjee | 52 | 229 | 8880 |
Yoshio Takahashi | 50 | 403 | 9801 |
Peter Sigmund | 49 | 220 | 11795 |
Michael P. Païdoussis | 46 | 165 | 8825 |
Wei-Kan Chu | 46 | 445 | 8616 |
A. G. W. Cameron | 45 | 123 | 10111 |
Erland M. Schulson | 44 | 245 | 6966 |