If you would like to learn more about the IAEA’s work, sign up for our weekly updates containing our most important news, multimedia and more.
IAEA Nuclear Energy Series No. NP-T-5.2
English STI/PUB/1492 ¦ 978-92-0-112810-2
136 pages ¦ 75 figures ¦ € 26.00 ¦ Date published: 2011Excellent water quality in research reactors and spent fuel wet storage facilities is essential to prevent degradation of research reactor components and aluminium clad fuel elements, and to achieve optimum storage performance. A lot of information is available in the open literature on this subject but no comprehensive document addressing the rationale of water quality management in research reactors has been published so far. This publication is intended to fill this gap by providing a comprehensive catalogue of good practices for management of water quality. It is intended to assist research reactor managers and operators in implementing water quality programmes in their facilities. Once implemented, such programmes will help to improve the performance of the reactor, provide natural life extension and minimize corrosion in both research reactor internals and spent fuel cladding in wet storage facilities, thus maintaining its integrity and safety until the spent fuel can be moved to a dry storage facility,or is submitted for final disposal or reprocessing.
More Information on reusing IAEA copyright material.
Orders and requests for information may also be addressed to:
Publishing Section
International Atomic Energy Agency
Vienna International Centre
PO Box 100, A-1400 Vienna,
Austria
Tel.: +43 1 2600 22529, +43 1 2600 22530
Email: sales.publications@iaea.org
