Corrosion of single layer thin film protective coatings on steel substrates for high level waste containers
By Michael A. Fusco and Yasar Ay and Abigail H.M. Casey and Mohamed A. Bourham and A. Leigh Winfrey
Published in Progress in Nuclear Energy
2016
Abstract
Single-layer thin film coatings have been deposited on steel substrates and tested for their corrosion resistance. These coatings include TiN, ZrO2, TiO2, Al2O3, and MoS2, and it is proposed that they will act as barriers to provide protection to the steel canisters that are part of the dry cask storage system for high level nuclear waste. Corrosion testing was completed using electrochemical potentiodynamic polarization techniques in aerated 1