Generalized corrosion of Alloy 800 under primary coolant conditions was investigated by measuring the average thickness of oxide layers grown after long isothermal exposures in the autoclaves located out of core in the Embalse Nuclear Power Plant and shorter exposures in laboratory static autoclaves. The films exhibited the familiar double layer structure but after long exposures the inner layer was found to be hidden by the formation of overlayers and/or by the deposition of species inevitably present in high temperature coolant. The samples exposed to the primary coolant showed greater average oxide thickness than those in the static autoclave studies, indicating the deposition of corrosion products from the coolant. Analysis of the films grown in static autoclaves showed the presence of hydrated species at the oxide/solution interface and spinel structures inside the film. Oxidized nickel was found only within few nanometers in the outermost layer of the films whereas elementary nickel predominated in the rest of the oxide.