Assessment of aging of Zr-2.5Nb pressure tubes in CANDU™ reactors

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 171, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 137-148

  Puls, Manfred P ^a  

^a ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; COOLANTS; CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HEAVY WATER; PRESSURE TUBE REACTORS; SERVICE LIFE; ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS;

CANADA DEUTERIUM URANIUM (CANDU) REACTORS; DELAYED HYDRIDE CRACKING (DHC);

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 0031548950     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0029-5493(96)01310-6     Document Type: Article

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