Laboratory investigation of PWSCC of CRDM nozzle 3 and its j-groove weld on the davis-besse reactor vessel head

Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on Environmental Degradation of Materials in Nuclear Power Systems-Water Reactors

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 833-842

  Xu, Hongqing ^a   Fyfitch, Steve ^a   Hyres, James W ^b  

^a AREVA NP INC   (United States)

^b BWXT Services Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORIC ACID CORROSION; CONTROL ROD DRIVE MECHANISM (CRDM); LIGHT OPTICAL METALLOGRAPHY (LOM); NON-DESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATIONS (NDE); PRIMARY WATER STRESS CORROSION CRACKING (PWSCC); REACTOR PRESSURE VESSEL (RPV); STEREOMICROSCOPY;

FLUORESCENCE; METALLOGRAPHY; NOZZLES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WELDS;

STEEL;

EID: 33745207331     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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