The annealing recovery of the Palisades nuclear power plant surveillance material using weld reconstitution

Conference · Fri Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1999

OSTI ID:679500

Williams, J F; Lott, R G; Friedman, E N ^[1]; Kneeland, Jr, J R ^[2]; Server, W L ^[3]; Terek, E ^[4]

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1. Westinghouse Science and Technology Center, Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
2. Consumers Power Co., Covert, MI (United States). Palisades Nuclear Plant
3. ATI Consulting, Danville, CA (United States)
4. Westinghouse Systems and Major Products Div., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)

Palisades Nuclear Power Plant had two of its already tested surveillance capsules used for an annealing recovery study. Previously tested weld metal Charpy specimen halves from Capsules W-290 and W-110, irradiated to fluences of 0.92 {times} 10{sup 19} and 1.59 {times} 10{sup 19} n/cm{sup 2}, respectively, were annealed, weld reconstituted, and tested for annealing recovery evaluation. Transverse plate Charpy halves from Capsule W-290 were also annealed, reconstituted, and tested. The weld materials results from Capsule W-290 and W-110 and upper shelf energy (USE) recoveries of 61% and 65%, respectively. The transverse plate material results from Capsule W-290 showed a TT recovery of 82% and an USE recovery of 11%. These results are discussed in the following paper.

• OSTI ID: 679500
• Report Number(s): CONF-960643--
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
ANNEALING
CHARPY TEST
DUCTILE-BRITTLE TRANSITIONS
EMBRITTLEMENT
FILLER METALS
PALISADES-1 REACTOR
PHYSICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
PRESSURE VESSELS
STEELS
WELDED JOINTS