Seawater Corrosion Tests for Low-Level Radioactive Waste Drum Containers

摘要

This report is a part of corrosion tests of drums under various environmental conditions (seawater, river water, coastal sand, inland soil and indoor and outdoor atmosphere) done at Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute sponsored by the Science and Technology Agency. The corrosion tests were started in November, 1977 and completed March, 1984. This report describes the results of the seawater corrosion tests which are part of the final report, ''Corrosion Safety Demonstration Test'' (Japanese), and it is expected to contribute to the safety assessment of sea dumping of low-level radioactive waste packages. (Atomindex citation 17:074079)