Cracking in stabilized austenitic stainless steel piping of German boiling water reactors - Characteristic features and root cause

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 171, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 113-123

  Erve, M ^a   Wesseling, U ^a   Kilian, R ^a   Hardt, R ^a   Brummer G ^b   Maier, V ^c   Ilg, U ^d  

^a SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^b Vattenfall Europe Mining AG   (Germany)

^c EON Bayern AG   (Germany)

^d EnBW Kraftwerke AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTENITE; BOILING WATER REACTORS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; HEAT AFFECTED ZONE; METALLOGRAPHIC MICROSTRUCTURE; STAINLESS STEEL; STEEL CORROSION; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING; WELDING; WELDS;

INTERGRANULAR STRESS CORROSION CRACKING (IGSCC);

PIPING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031548943     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0029-5493(96)01320-9     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. Erve et al., Planned and implemented remedial measures to prevent IGSCC and to ensure safe plant operation with BWR piping systems made of stabilized austenitic steels, 20th MPA Seminar, 6-7 October, 1994.
2. Herbsleb, Sonderdruck aus 'Schweißtechnik', 4 and 5 (1977) 53-57, 69-72.
3. U.S. NRC, Material Selection and Processing Guidelines for BWR Coolant Pressure Boundary Piping, Technical Report, NUREG-0313, Rev. 2, 1988.