Nachbestrahlungsuntersuchungen zum Bestrahlungsprogramm Rheinsberg

The irradiation programme Rheinsberg serves to investigate the neutron embrittlement of VVER type reactor pressure vessel steel. Within this programme Charpy-V (partly with fatigue crack and side grooved), CT- and tensile specimes of 24 different heats from VVER 440 type and VVER 1000 type reactor pressure vessel steel (basic or weld material) were irradiated in the high flux channels of the VVER-2 Rheinsberg from 1984 - 88. The testing and evaluation of the irradiated specimen will be done within the framework of bilateral scientific-technical cooperation between Russia and Germany. The report gives a systematic review of all material data existing for the unirradiated initial state. Results of Charpy- V-impact tests and quasistatic 3-point-bending tests are discussed in detail.