Microstructure alterations in the base material, heat affected zone and weld metal of a 440-VVER-reactor pressure vessel caused by high fluence irradiation during long term operation; Material: 15 Ch2MFA≈0.15 C-2.5 Cr-0.7 Mo-0.3 V

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 193, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 359-376

  Maussner, Gerd ^a   Scharf, Lars ^a   Langer, Reinhard ^a   Gurovich, Boris ^b  

^a SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^b KURCHATOV INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM ALLOYS; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS); HEAT AFFECTED ZONE; METALLOGRAPHIC MICROSTRUCTURE; NEUTRON IRRADIATION; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PRESSURE VESSELS; RADIATION EFFECTS; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); WELDS;

REACTOR PRESSURE VESSELS (RPV);

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

EID: 0033327009     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-5493(99)00192-2     Document Type: Article

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