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Heavy-Section Steel Irradiation Program. Volume 5, No. 2, Progress report, April 1994--September 1994.

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/97015· OSTI ID:97015
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  1. Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
The Heavy-Section Steel Irradiation (HSSI) Program has been established with its primary goal to provide a thorough, quantitative assessment of the effects of neutron irradiation on the material behavior and the fracture toughness properties of typical pressure-vessel steels as they relate to light-water RPV integrity. Effects of specimen size; material chemistry; product form and microstructure; irradiation fluence, flux, temperature, and spectrum; and postirradiation annealing are being examined on a wide range of fracture properties. The HSSI Program is arranged into 14 tasks: (1) program management, (2) fracture toughness curve shift in high-copper weldments (Series 5 and 6), (3) K{sub lc} and K{sub la} curve shifts in low upper-shelf (LUS) welds (Series 8), (4) irradiation effects in a commercial LUS weld (Series 10), (5) irradiation effects on weld heat-affected zone and plate materials (Series 11), (6) annealing effects in LUS welds (Series 9), (7) microstructural and microfracture analysis of irradiation effects, (8) in-service irradiated and aged material evaluations, (9) Japan Power Development Reactor (JPDR) steel examination, (10) fracture toughness curve shift method, (11) special technical assistance, (12) technical assistance for Joint Coordinating Committee on Civilian Nuclear Reactor Safety (JCCCNRS) Working Groups 3 and 12, (13) correlation monitor materials, and (14) test reactor coordination. Progress on each task is reported.
Research Organization:
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (United States). Div. of Engineering Technology; Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-84OR21400
OSTI ID:
97015
Report Number(s):
NUREG/CR--5591-Vol.5-No.2; ORNL/TM--11568-Vol.5-No.2; ON: TI95016159
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English