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Creep Properties of Welded Joints in Copper Canisters for Nuclear Waste Containment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

Bo Ivarsson ,
Jan-Olof Österberg ,
Rolf Sandström  and
Lars Werme
Bo Ivarsson
Affiliation:
Swedish Institute for Metals Research, Drottning Kristinas väg 48, S-114 28 Stockholm, SWEDEN
Jan-Olof Österberg
Affiliation:
Swedish Institute for Metals Research, Drottning Kristinas väg 48, S-114 28 Stockholm, SWEDEN
Rolf Sandström
Affiliation:
Swedish Institute for Metals Research, Drottning Kristinas väg 48, S-114 28 Stockholm, SWEDEN
Lars Werme
Affiliation:
Swedish Institute for Metals Research, Drottning Kristinas väg 48, S-114 28 Stockholm, SWEDEN
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Abstract

Copper canisters for nuclear waste containment can be expected to be exposed to temperatures up to 100°C. Since the material is pure copper, creep properties must be taken into account in particular for the welded joints in the canisters. In the paper creep rupture properties of parent metal, weld metal, and simulated heat affected zone are presented for 110°C. About ten times shorter rupture times were found for the weld metal in comparison to the parent metal. Cross weld specimens showed even shorter rupture times.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 127: Symposium BERLIN – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XII , 1988 , 397
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1989

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