CX-022571: Flexible Hard Ceramic Coatings by Ultrasonic Spray Mist CVD for Dry Storage Canisters of Spent Nuclear Fuel and Waste-North Carolina State University

The Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University proposes to develop novel silicon oxycarbonitride (SiOCN(H)) coatings for nuclear fuel wast…

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August 3, 2020
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North Carolina State University proposes to develop and evaluate the use of emerging ultrasonic spray mist chemical vapor deposition (Mist-CVD) manufacturing processes to deposit flexible hard multi-component ceramic coatings on dry storage cannisters (DSC) of spent nuclear fuel for mitigating stress corrosion cracking (SCC).