Session: Corrosion and Material Protection in Nuclear Systems
Case studies on corrosion protection and material integrity challenges in nuclear engineering. (C2026-00276)
Monday, March 16, 2026
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM Central
Location: 371 DE
Earn .5 PDH
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Design, construction, and commissioning of world’s largest nuclear waste treatment plant offers numerous materials engineering challenges. This unique nuclear facility is being built in the State of Washington. There are specific technical challenges of the treatment process and the facility is one of a kind. One focus of this paper is on sharing lessons learned/valuable insights from a collection of failures or underperformance in the designed material protection systems. The case studies will cover investigation processes of the root cause failure, details of finding, and recommended counter measures in preventing the reoccurrence of the issue. In addition, this paper also delivers newly developed, industrial advanced practice and know how. Cases presented are applications of newly emerged testing technologies in the construction field to overcome some long-term existing challenges with material integrity evaluation or material characterization. In each case, technology identification, feasibility studies, qualification process, and demonstration of results are discussed.
