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Critical experiments, measurements and analyses to establish a crack arrest methodology for nuclear pressure vessel steels

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6207602
Results of a program seeking (i) dynamic analyses of crack arrest in thermally stressed nuclear pressure vessels, (ii) standardization of a laboratory test method for measuring the crack arrest toughness, and (iii) a crack arrest toughness data base for unirradiated and irradiated nuclear steels and weldments are summarized.
Research Organization:
Battelle Columbus Labs., OH (USA)
OSTI ID:
6207602
Report Number(s):
NUREG/CR-0825; BMI-2025
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English