Stress corrosion cracking of low-alloy, reactor-pressure-vessel steels in oxygenated, high-temperature water

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 57-89

  Heldt, J ^a,b   Seifert, H P ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b Von Moos Stahl AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOILING WATER REACTORS; HIGH TEMPERATURE REACTORS; STEEL CORROSION; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING; WATER;

HIGH TEMPERATURE WATER;

PRESSURE VESSELS;

EID: 0034826332     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-5493(00)00381-2     Document Type: Article

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