Methodology to predict the life duration of polymers used in nuclear power stations. Industrial needs and their approach

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 151, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 471-476

  Pinel, Brigitte ^a   Boutaud, Frédéric ^a  

^a EDF R AND D   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; DEGRADATION; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; SERVICE LIFE;

DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS; LIFE DURATION;

POLYMERS;

EID: 0033515912     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-583X(99)00134-2     Document Type: Article

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