Microstructural behavior of VVER-440 reactor pressure vessel steels under irradiation to neutron fluences beyond the design operation period

Journal of Nuclear Materials

Volumn 342, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 77-89

  Kuleshova, E A ^a   Gurovich, B A ^a   Shtrombakh, Ya I ^a   Nikolaev, Yu A ^a   Pechenkin, V A ^b  

^a KURCHATOV INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND POWER ENGINEERING   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COALESCENCE; HARDNESS; IRRADIATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PRESSURE EFFECTS; RADIATION EFFECTS; STABILITY;

FRACTURE MECHANISMS; NEUTRON FLUENCES; PRESSURE VESSEL STEELS; VVER-440 REACTORS;

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 20644444791     PISSN: 00223115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2005.03.011     Document Type: Article

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