Irradiation, annealing, and reirradiation effects on American and Russian reactor pressure vessel steels

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn , Issue 1366, 2000, Pages 415-434

  Sokolov, M A ^a   Chernobaeva, A A ^b   Nanstad, R K ^a   Nikolaev, Yu A ^b   Korolev, Yu N ^b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b KURCHATOV INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; EMBRITTLEMENT; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PRESSURE VESSELS; RADIATION EFFECTS; WELDED STEEL STRUCTURES; WELDS;

THREE-POINT BEND TESTS;

STEEL TESTING;

EID: 0034481827     PISSN: 10403094     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp12405s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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