Heavy-Section Steel Irradiation Program

Technical Report · Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 2000

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/755650· OSTI ID:755650

Rosseel, T M

Maintaining the integrity of the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) in a light-water-cooled nuclear power plant is crucial in preventing and controlling severe accidents that have the potential for major contamination release. Because the RPV is the only key safety-related component of the plant for which a redundant backup system does not exist, it is imperative to fully understand the degree of irradiation-induced degradation of the RPV's fracture resistance that occurs during service. For this reason, the Heavy-Section Steel Irradiation (HSSI) Program has been established.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC); US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 755650
• Report Number(s): ORNL/TM-11568; NUREG/CR-5591, Vol. 8, No. 2; NUREG/CR-5591, Vol. 8, No. 2; TRN: US0100585
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 1 Apr 2000
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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FRACTURES
IRRADIATION
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
PRESSURE VESSELS
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