Download or read book Procedures for Interpreting the Structural Implications of Radiation Damage Surveillance Results on Nuclear Pressure Vessels written by L. E. Steele and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The structural implications of radiation effects to nuclear reactor pressure vessels are assessed primarily through surveillance programs in which the properties of the vessel are projected from an evaluation of small specimens of the vessel steel. In the USA, the current fracture-safe criterion requires that the vessel operating temperature, at certain stress levels, be at the FTE (Fracture Transition Elastic) temperature, defined as NDT+60F(33C), derived from surveillance measurements. Review of available data from five reactor surveillance programs indicates that this criterion is adequate for the vessels concerned. Complete assurance of fracture-safe operating conditions can be attained through a limit-analysis procedure that considers and integrates the effects of five factors: (a) the radiation-induced shift in transition temperature, (b) the initial shelf energy, (c) the radiation-reduced ductile shelf energy, (d) the effects of the fluence (and toughness) gradient through a thick vessel wall, and (3) the effects of thickness-induced mechanical constraint. (Author).
Download or read book Status of USA Nuclear Reactor Pressure Vessel Surveillance for Radiation Effects written by Lendell E. Steele and published by ASTM International. This book was released on 1983 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Radiation Damage Surveillance of Power Reactor Pressure Vessels written by C. Z Serpan (Jr) and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The deleterious effect of high energy neutrons upon the mechanical properties of reactor pressure vessel steels has prompted the employment of material surveillance programs in many nuclear power plants. These programs provide for the exposure of test specimens representative of the reactor pressure vessel at in-reactor locations, wherein they will experience the same thermal and radiation damage history as the vessel itself. Evaluation of these specimens, which reveals the progressive changes in the mechanical properties of the vessel, provides a basis upon which operational procedures and maximum lifetime exposure may be formulated for the plant. A review and an analysis of several instances of shortcomings in surveillance programs are presented along with a set of recommendations for consideration in planning new surveillance programs. In utilizing these recommendations, pressure vessel surveillance programs can be made to provide valuable information for use in determining plant operations; at the same time results from these programs may add to the general knowledge of radiation effects in pressure vessel steels or other materials subject to radiation. Recognition of the value of surveillance programs and their conscientious application should further the public acceptance of nuclear reactors as safe alternative power systems.
Download or read book LWR Pressure Vessel Surveillance Dosimetry Improvement Program written by and published by . This book was released on 1979-10 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Analysis of Reactor Vessel Radiation Effects Surveillance Programs written by Lendell E. Steele and published by ASTM International. This book was released on 1970 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Radiation Embrittlement and Surveillance of Nuclear Reactor Pressure Vessels An International Study written by L. E. Steele and published by ASTM International. This book was released on 1983 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Report of NRL Progress written by Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Chapter 1 The Bases for Surveillance Programs written by LE. Steele and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Metal Properties Council (MPC) has accepted the task of obtaining data on the properties of metals in critical areas of special need for industry in the United States (U.S.). One such area involves data on radiation effects in metals used as nuclear reactor pressure vessels. The MPC Subcommittee 6 on Materials for Nuclear Reactors, among other tasks, seeks information on availability and applicability, as well as the interpretation of data on radiation effects in reactor structural materials. In 1968, Subcommittee 6 sponsored an analytical review of data produced by periodic removal of surveillance capsules for assessing radiation effects on operating reactor pressure vessels. This work was prepared for the MPC by L. E. Steele and C. Z. Serpan, Jr., and was published in 1970 by ASTM as Special Technical Publication (STP) 481, entitled Analysis of Reactor Vessel Radiation Effects Surveillance Programs [1].
Download or read book Status of Usa Neuclear Reactor Pressure Vessel Surveillance for Radiation Effects written by and published by ASTM International. This book was released on with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nuclear Science Abstracts written by and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nuclear Science Abstracts written by and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Status of Usa Nuclear Reactor Pressure Vessel Surveillance for Radiation Effects written by L.E. Steele and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book LWR Pressure Vessel Surveillance Dosimetry Improvement Program written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
