Behavior of mechanical properties of nickel-alloyed reactor pressure vessel steel under neutron irradiation and post-irradiation annealing

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 353-359

  Kryukov, A M ^a   Nikolaev, Yu A ^a   Nikolaeva, A V ^b  

^a KURCHATOV INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b NUCLEAR SAFETY INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; EMBRITTLEMENT; IMPACT RESISTANCE; NEUTRON IRRADIATION; NICKEL; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PRESSURE VESSELS; RADIATION EFFECTS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE STRESS; THERMAL EFFECTS; YIELD STRESS;

DUCTILE-TO-BRITTLE TRANSITION; REACTOR PRESSURE VESSEL STEELS;

STEEL;

EID: 0032317952     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-5493(98)00247-7     Document Type: Article

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