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SNL Research into Stress Corrosion Cracking of SNF Dry Storage Canisters (FY19 Status Report)

Schaller, Rebecca S.; Knight, Andrew W.; Bryan, Charles R.; Schindelholz, Eric J.

This progress report describes work done in FY19 at Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) to assess the localized corrosion performance of container/cask materials used in the interim storage of spent nuclear fuel (SNF). Of particular concern is stress corrosion cracking (SCC), by which a through-wall crack could potentially form in a canister outer wall over time intervals that are shorter than possible dry storage times. Work in FY19 refined our understanding of the chemical and physical environment on canister surfaces and evaluated the relationship between chemical and physical environment and the form and extent of corrosion that occurs.