Effect of boiling of nitric acid solution on corrosion of Stainless steel-made concentrator in reduced pressure

ステンレス鋼製減圧濃縮缶の腐食に及ぼす硝酸溶液の沸騰の影響

上野 文義  ; 入澤 恵理子 ; 加藤 千明   ; 五十嵐 誉廣  ; 山本 正弘 ; 阿部 仁 

Ueno, Fumiyoshi; Irisawa, Eriko; Kato, Chiaki; Igarashi, Takahiro; Yamamoto, Masahiro; Abe, Hitoshi

本研究は、再処理施設における減圧式のステンレス鋼製濃縮缶の腐食に及ぼす沸騰硝酸の影響に着目した。腐食試験は、コールド模擬のために酸化性金属イオンとしてバナジウムを添加した硝酸溶液を用いて行った。減圧沸騰条件と常圧非沸騰条件で腐食試験を行い、腐食速度を比較した。その結果、同じ温度で溶液が沸騰した場合に非沸騰に比べて腐食速度が大きくなった。硝酸中でのバナジウムの酸化反応を調べた結果、沸騰中では硝酸によるバナジウムの4価から5価への酸化が進み、腐食が加速されることを明らかにした。

In this study, we focused on the effect of the boiling of nitric acid solution on the corrosion of a stainless steel-made concentrator in reduced pressure in fuel reprocessing plant. In order to perform the simulation test in a non-radioactive condition, nitric acid solution with the addition of vanadium as an oxidizing metal ion were used. Corrosion tests were carried out under the conditions of boiling at reduced pressure, and of non-boiling at normal pressure and several temperatures. As a result, corrosion was accelerated by the solution boiling while it was not by non-boiling at the same temperature. It was found also that the temperature dependence of corrosion rate is the same in the both conditions of boiling and non-boiling. The corrosion accelerating effect will be discussed on the basis of the reaction among nitric acid, NOx and vanadium, etc.