Monitoring the embrittlement of reactor pressure vessel steels by using the Seebeck coefficient

Journal of Nuclear Materials

Volumn 389, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 62-67

  Niffenegger, M ^a   Leber, H J ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARPY ENERGIES; CHARPY IMPACT TESTING; CHARPY SPECIMENS; FEDERAL LEGISLATIONS; LINEAR DEPENDENCIES; LOW-ALLOY STEELS; NEUTRON EMBRITTLEMENTS; NON-DESTRUCTIVE METHODS; NON-DESTRUCTIVE MONITORING; PRECISE MEASUREMENTS; REACTOR PRESSURE VESSEL STEELS; REACTOR PRESSURE VESSELS; RPV STEELS; SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMS; TEMPERATURE CURVES; TEMPERATURE SHIFTS; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

ATOMS; BOILERS; CAISSONS; EMBRITTLEMENT; FRACTURE TESTING; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; IMPACT TESTING; MONITORING; NEUTRON IRRADIATION; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; SEEBECK COEFFICIENT;

PRESSURE VESSELS;

EID: 64449086923     PISSN: 00223115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2009.01.008     Document Type: Article

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