Re: Co-59 Content of Stellite

[Joel Baumbaugh <baumbaug@nosc.mil>]

         You might consider Monel....although its pretty hard to find...

         Joel Baumbaugh (baumbaug@nosc.mil)
         SSC-SD

At 03:50 PM 05/17/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>Hello Radsafers - does anyone know the Co-59 content of Stellite steel
>coating?  Also - is anyone aware of a material, aside from EPRI's NOREM,
>which can be used in place of Stellite 6 in a water-based system which
>operates at 65 degrees celsius and under 1 MPa(g) pressure?  (Apparently
>NOREM is susceptible to galling at temperatures of less than 150 degrees.)
>We are replacing some gate valves at our station and are attempting to
>assess the radiological impact of using valves containing Stellite 6.
>
>Thanks -
>
>Jim Patterson
>Health Physicist
>Ontario Power Generation
>Pickering Nuclear
>jim.patterson@ontariopowergeneration.com
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