Overview of steam generator tube degradation and integrity issues

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-30

  Diercks, D R ^a   Shack, W J ^a   Muscara, J ^b  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b U S NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; INSPECTION; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; NUCLEAR MATERIALS SAFEGUARDS; STEAM GENERATORS; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING; SUPERHEATER TUBES;

INTERGRANULAR ATTACK (IGA); ROLL TRANSITION ZONES (RTZ); STEAM GENERATOR TUBES;

PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS;

EID: 0033220760     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-5493(99)00167-3     Document Type: Article

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