NOBLE METAL CATALYSIS FOR MITIGATION OF CORROSION, EROSION AND STRESS CORROSION CRACKING IN PRESSURIZED WATER REACTOR AND RELATED HIGH TEMPERATURE WATER ENVIRONMENTS

摘要

Method for controlling erosion and cracking in a metal component of a nuclearreactor, particularly in the highly concentrated primary and secondary systemsof aPWR, comprising creating a catalytic surface on the component; and generatingastoichiometric excess of reductant the water of the reactor to reduce theoxidantconcentration at the surface to substantially zero.