Application of the Seebeck effect for monitoring of neutron embrittlement and low-cycle fatigue in nuclear reactor steel

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 235, Issue 17-19, 2005, Pages 1777-1788

  Niffenegger, M ^a   Reichlin, K ^a   Kalkhof, D ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; EMBRITTLEMENT; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; PRESSURE VESSELS; SEEBECK EFFECT; STEEL; THERMOELECTRICITY;

MATERIAL DEGRADATION; NEUTRON EMBRITTLEMENT; NUCLEAR REACTOR STEEL; REACTOR PRESSURE VESSEL (RPV) STEEL;

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 23744462349     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2005.05.026     Document Type: Article

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