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Irradiation Embrittlement of WWER RPV Steels Irradiated at High Fluences

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Engineering

Abstract

A statistical analysis of data obtained during impact testing of surveillance specimen of 15 WWER-440 RPVs operating in Russia, Ukraine, Armenia, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia was performed. The raw data used were selected from the IAEA International Database. As a result of the analysis, the influence of P and Cu to Tk increase was observed at a fluence up to 5 x 10^20 cm^-2 (E > 0.5 MeV), more than double design end of life WWER-440 fluence value. A proposal to increase the application range of normative dependences ΔTk(F) on reactor pressure vessel from 3 x 10^20 cm^-2 to 5 x 10^20 cm^-2 has been prepared to amend the regulatory and technical documents regarding the adjustment of the residual life of WWER-440 RPVs. It will allow the WWER-440 RPV to be operated for 60-80 years without annealing the base metal and in some cases without annealing the irradiated welds.

DOI

10.21608/jntas.2020.34215.1023

Keywords

reactor pressure vessel, neutron fluence, irradiation embrittlement

Authors

First Name

Alexander

Last Name

Kryukov

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Affiliation

FBI Scientific and Engineering Centre for Nuclear and Radiation Safety

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kryukov@secnrs.ru

City

Moscow

Orcid

0000-0003-3091-0411

First Name

Valery

Last Name

Rubtsov

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-

Affiliation

FBI Scientific and Engineering Centre for Nuclear and Radiation Safety

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vrubtsov@secnrs.ru

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-

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First Name

Vladimir

Last Name

Lebedinsky

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-

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FBI Scientific and Engineering Centre for Nuclear and Radiation Safety

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lebedinsky@secnrs.ru

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-

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Volume

8

Article Issue

1

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11080

Issue Date

2020-01-01

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2020-06-30

Publish Date

2020-08-20

Page Start

113

Page End

118

Print ISSN

2314-8209

Online ISSN

2314-8217

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632

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Journal of Nuclear Technology in Applied Science

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Irradiation Embrittlement of WWER RPV Steels Irradiated at High Fluences

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Created At

22 Jan 2023