Abstract
General or uniform corrosion affects many different nuclear components in a wide range of environmental conditions. The basic principles and mechanisms of general corrosion in aqueous environments are briefly reviewed, including the thermodynamic and electrochemical kinetic aspects, the effects of mass transport, and the properties of passive and protective films. Design principles to manage general corrosion are also briefly described, as are methods for predicting the rate of general corrosion and the subsequent lifetime of components. A number of examples of general corrosion during reactor operations and during the back-end of the fuel cycle are discussed.
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