Mission:

• To provide links between European teams and EU-funded programs in the nuclear corrosion field, with an opening on to the world;
• To initiate and stimulate opportunities of exchange of scientific and technical subjects related to nuclear corrosion, particularly on today's main nuclear research areas (waste systems, water reactors, generation IV and fusion reactors);
• To promote corrosion science and technical developments through events such as seminars, workshops, publications, etc.

Events and Workshops:  

• First announcement of the Workshop on 'Occurrence and Mechanisms of Environmentally-Assisted Cracking'
  9 - 13 September 2012 (during EUROCORR 2012), Istanbul, Turkey
  Co-organised by WP 4, 5, 9, 13, 15 and 17
  Flyer

• NUCPERF 2012 Workshop on 'Long-Term Performance of Cementitious Barriers and Reinforced Concrete in Nuclear Power Plant and Radioactive Waste Storage and Disposal'
  12 - 15 November 2012, Cadarache, France (EFC Event No. 351, RILEM Event TC 226-CNM)
  Organised by V. L'Hostis, L. Chomat and A. Henry
  Website: www.nucperf2012.fr, Flyer

Minutes from meetings:

• Minutes of the Fall Meetings held in Moscow and Avignon in September 2010

• Minutes of the Fall Meeting held in Nice on 9 September 2009

• Minutes of the Spring Meeting held in Paris on 18 March 2009
   
• Minutes of the Fall Meeting held in Edinburgh on 10 September 2008
   
• Minutes of the Spring Meeting held in Manchester on 7 March 2008

Recent WP 4 publications:

• Sulphur-Assisted Corrosion in Nuclear Disposal Systems (EFC No. 59)
  Edited by F. Druyts, D. Féron and B. Kursten
  Maney Publishing (August 2011), 192 pp hardback, ISBN: 978-1-907975-17-2

• Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Long-Term Prediction of Corrosion Damage in Nuclear Waste Systems
  Guest editors: B. Kursten, F. Druyts and D. Féron
  Special issue of the Journal Corrosion Engineering, Science and Technology, Volume 46, No. 2, April 2011

• Corrosion Monitoring in Nuclear Systems: Research and Applications (EFC No. 56)
• Edited by S. Ritter and A. Molander
  Maney Publishing (2010), ISBN: 978-1-906540-98-2

• NUCPERF 2009 - Long Term Performance of Cementitious Barriers and Reinforced Concrete in Nuclear Power Plants and Waste Management
  Edited by V. L'Hostis, R. Gens and C. Gallé
  RILEM Publications SARL (2009), ISBN: 978-2-35158-072-1

• Corrosion Monitoring in Nuclear Power Plants (6 papers from a workshop organised during EUROCORR 2007)
  Guest editors: S. Ritter and A. Molander
  Special issue of Energy Materials, Volume 3 (Issue 2), June 2008

• Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Long-Term Prediction of Corrosion Damage in Nuclear Waste Systems
  Guest editors: D. Féron and D.D. Macdonald
  Special issue of the Journal of Nuclear Materials, Volume 379 (Issues 1-3), 30 September 2008

• Corrosion issues in Light Water Reactors: Focus on Stress Corrosion Cracking (EFC No. 51)
  Edited by D. Féron and J.M. Olive
  Woodhead Publishing (2007), ISBN: 978-1-84569-242-1
   
• Electrochemistry in Light Water Reactors: Focus on Reference Electrodes, Measurements, Corrosion and Tribocorrosion Issues (EFC No. 49)
  Edited by R.W. Bosch, J.P. Celis, and D. Féron
  Woodhead Publishing (2007), ISBN: 978-1-84569-240-7

• Corrosion of Metallic Heritage Artefarcts: Investigation, Conservation and Prediction of Long Term Behaviour  (EFC No. 48)
  Edited by P. Dillmann, H. Mathiessen, P. Piccardo, and G. Béranger
  Woodhead Publishing (2007), ISBN: 978-1-84569-239-1

Upcoming WP 4 publications:

• A collection of papers from the 2^nd Int. Workshop on `Corrosion Monitoring in Nuclear Systems (Research and Applications)`
• Guest-edited by S. Ritter and A. Molander
  Journal Corrosion Engineering, Science and Technology (to appear, approx. August 2012)

Working Party presentations:

• WP 4 presentation  to OECD/NEA, spring 2006
  by D. Féron, EFC WP 4 Chairman

• Report on the WP4 activity, spring 2004 - spring 2005
  by D. Féron, EFC WP 4 Chairman

Links and miscellaneous:

• Link to the website of the European Cooperative Group on Corrosion Monitoring of Nuclear Materials (ECG-COMON)

• Archive (link to previous events and documents)

• Restricted area of the EFC WP 4 website (for WP4 members only)

Dr. Damien FÉRON
CEA-Saclay
"Service of Corrosion" SCCME
Batiment 458 - PC50
91191 Gif-Sur-Yvette Cedex
France

Tel: 0033-1-69 08 20 65
Fax: 0033-1-69 08 15 86
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Vice-Chairman:

Thierry COUVANT
EDF R&D - Materials and Mechanics of Components Department
Site des Renardières
Avenue des Renardières - Ecuelles
77818 Moret-sur-Loing Cedex
France
 
Tel: 0033-1-60 73 62 92
Fax: 0033-1-60 73 68 89
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