SCK-CEN contribution to the IAEA round robin exercise on WWER-440 RPV weld material: Irradiation, annealing, and re-embrittlement

E. Lucon, E. Van Walle, M. Scibetta, R. Chaouadi, M. Wéber

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    Abstract

    Mechanical properties of WWER-440 RPV weld joints have been studied with account of different states of the material: baseline (unirradiated), irradiated up to the average fast neutron fluence of 6.5 × 1019 n/cm 2, irradiated and eventually annealed, re-irradiated with the accumulated fast neutron fluence of 1.3 × 1020 n/cm 2, Tensile, impact fracture, and fracture toughness tests were performed for each state of the material with the use of Charpy specimens (standard, reconstituted, and pre-cracked).

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)19-32
    Number of pages14
    JournalStrength of Materials
    Volume36
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Jan 2004

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Mechanics of Materials

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