SYMPOSIA PAPER Published: 01 January 1983
STP31845S

West German Research Programs on Irradiation Effects on Reactor Pressure Vessels

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Reactor pressure vessels of nuclear installations are subjected to operating parameters that lead to a change in material and flaw state. The safety margin of both the material for older vessels and the optimized material has to be quantified with reference to extremely long-term effects. Research programs in West Germany are focused on assessing criteria for the applicability of small-scale specimen testing to component behavior under all realistic and postulated loading conditions. The problem will be treated theoretically and experimentally for a wide range of materials, including the worst-case material state at the end of life.

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Kussmaul, K
Staatliche Materialprüfungsanstalt, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, West Germany
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Developed by Committee: E10
Pages: 16–28
DOI: 10.1520/STP31845S
ISBN-EB: 978-0-8031-4885-7
ISBN-13: 978-0-8031-0263-7