The Effect of Radiation-Induced Structural Changes under Accelerated Irradiation on the Behavior of Water-Cooled Reactor Pressure Vessel Steels

2013 ◽  
Vol 592-593 ◽  
pp. 573-576 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boris A. Gurovich ◽  
Evgenia A. Kuleshova ◽  
Dmitry A. Maltsev ◽  
Oleg Zabusov ◽  
Kirill Prikhodko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Vessel ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Structural Features ◽  
Reactor Pressure Vessel ◽  
Fast Neutron Flux ◽  
Radiation Embrittlement ◽  
Pressure Vessel Steels ◽  
Radiation Induced ◽  
Hardening Mechanisms ◽  
Reactor Pressure

In this paper the influence of fast neutron flux on the structural features and properties of VVER-1000 reactor pressure vessel steels was studied. It is shown that for high Ni steels the flux effect is due to hardening and non-hardening mechanisms of radiation embrittlement.

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