EFFECT OF GAMMA-RADIATION ON THE RELEASE OF CORROSION PRODUCTS FROM CARBON-STEEL AND STAINLESS-STEEL IN HIGH-TEMPERATURE WATER

In this paper, the effect of gamma irradiation on the release of the soluble and insoluble corrosion products from metals was examined at high temperature using a small experimental loop. It was found that gamma radiation enhances the release rate of insoluble corrosion product (crud), but does not have much influence on the release of soluble species (ions). On the basis of the experimental result, the mechanism of the crud formation was discussed.