An evaluation of through-thickness changes in primary damage production in commercial reactor pressure vessels

Institution of Chemical Engineers Symposium Series

Volumn , Issue 148, 2000, Pages 204-217

  Stoller, Roger E ^a   Greenwood, Lawrence R ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Damage attenuation; Displacement cascades; Ferritic steels; Modeling; Molecular dynamics; Point defects; Pressure vessels; Radiation damage

Indexed keywords

IRRADIATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; POINT DEFECTS; RADIATION DAMAGE; STATISTICAL METHODS; STEEL;

REACTOR PRESSURE VESSELS (RPV);

PRESSURE VESSELS;

EID: 0034462329     PISSN: 03070492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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