Results of Material Investigations Based on the Rheinsberg - Irradiation Programme


Results of Material Investigations Based on the Rheinsberg - Irradiation Programme

Böhmert, J.; Viehrig, H.-W.

Neutron embrittlement of reactor pressure vessel is a critical safety-related problem for VVER type reactors. For a better knowledge of this problem an irradiation programme was carried out in the VVER-2 reactor in Rheinsberg from 1984 - 89. With the programme the procedure and methods for the calculation of the transition temperature shift should be examined, the irradiation-induced change of fracture toughness should be determined and the influence of postirradiation annealing had to be investigated. 33 heats of both basic and weld material from low alloyed Cr-Mo-V and Cr-Mo-Ni steels were tested. The neutron fluence amounted to (1.5-79) x 1018 n/cm² (E>1MeV). In the unirradiated state the VVER material shows satisfying properties of strength and toughness and is comparable with the performance of ASTM type steels. The shift of the transition temperature is not always correctly predicted by means of the normally applied trend curves.

  • Lecture (Conference)
    Multilateral Symposium on Safety Research for VVER-Reactors, Cologne, September 1993

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