• Title of article

    WWER-1000basemetalreferencesteelanditscharacterisationOriginalResearchArticle

  • Author/Authors

    BeatrizAcosta، نويسنده , , LuigiDebarberis، نويسنده , , SoraiaPirfo، نويسنده , , F.Sevini، نويسنده , , A.Kryukov، نويسنده , , A.Chernobaeva، نويسنده , , F.Gillemot، نويسنده , , R. Gerard and M. Brumovsky ، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2005
  • Pages
    9
  • From page
    1951
  • To page
    1959
  • Abstract
    Thesurveillanceprogrammesofwesternpowerreactorsinclude,inmanycases,standardreferencematerialsinadditiontoactualpressurevesselsteels.Thesearespecimenscutfromstandardsteelplates(HeavySectionSteelTechnology,JRQ,etc.)thataresimilarincompositionandheattreatmenttothebasematerialintherespectivereactorpressurevessels,andaresupposedtoserveasamonitorbycomparingtheradiationembrittlementoftheplant-specificmaterialtothereferencematerial,andtodetectanomaliesintheradiationenvironmentofthesurveillancecapsules. AcorrelationmonitormaterialfortheeasternWWER-1000(similarastheJRQforwesternreactors)isneededinordertodeterminethereliabilityofaccelerateddataforthevalidationofreactorpressurevesselsurveillancedata.Referencematerialsshouldbewellcharacterisedintermsofirradiationbehaviour(transitiontemperatureshift,non-destructivesignal,etc.).Themagnitudeofthesensitivitytoirradiationforthismaterialshouldbemeasurablefortheselectedexposures.InthissubjecttheIAEAislaunchinganewco-ordinatedresearchprogramme.Materialisalreadymanufactured,andtheJRC-IEhasbecomeitscustodian.Adetailedplanforcharacterisationofthereferencesteelissetup,includingirradiationconditions,post-irradiationtestingtechniquesandimplementationplan.Itisexpectedtheparticipationofseveralresearchinstitutesworldwideinaroundrobin,whichwillallowabettercomprehensionofWWER-1000steelʹsbehaviourandwillbeconsideredasabenchmarkingbetweendifferentlaboratories. TheJRC-InstituteforEnergyincollaborationwiththeRussianResearchCentre–KurchatovInstituteisperformingthe“asreceived”materialcharacterisationbybothdestructivemethodsandnon-destructivetechniques. Thenon-destructivetechniquesusedattheJRC-IEpremisesarenovelmethodsspeciallydevelopedfornon-destructiveassessmentoftheembrittlementstateofmaterials,astheSTEAMmethodandthemeasurementofmagneticproperties.TheSTEAMtechnique(SeebeckandThomsoneffectsonagedmaterial),isbasedonthemeasurementoftheSeebeckcoefficient.ThemagneticpropertiesevaluationisdonethroughBarkhausennoiseandpermeabilitymeasurements. Thispaperpresentsapreliminaryanalysisoftheresultsobtainedbyallinvolvinglaboratories.
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Serial Year
    2005
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Record number

    895918

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