Irradiation Embrittlement of Reactor Pressure Vessels (RPVs) in Nuclear Power Plants (Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy) - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 0081013906 ISBN 13: 9780081013908

Verlag: Woodhead Publishing, 2018

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Reseña del editor:

Reactor Pressure Vessels (RPVs) contain the fuel and therefore the reaction at the heart of nuclear power plants. They are a life-determining structural component: if they suffer serious damage, the continued operation of the plant is in jeopardy. This book critically reviews irradiation embrittlement, the main degradation mechanism affecting RPV steels, and mitigation routes for managing the RPV lifetime.

Part I reviews RPV design and fabrication in different countries, with an emphasis on the materials required, their important properties, and manufacturing technologies. Part II then considers RVP embrittlement in operational nuclear power plants using different reactors. Chapters are devoted to embrittlement in light-water reactors, including WWER-type reactors and Magnox reactors. Finally, Part III presents techniques for studying embrittlement, including irradiation simulation techniques, microstructural characterisation techniques, and probabilistic fracture mechanics.

Irradiation Embrittlement of Reactor Pressure Vessels (RPVs) in Nuclear Power Plants provides a thorough review of an issue that is central to the safety of nuclear power generation. The book includes contributions from an international team of experts, and will be a useful resource for nuclear plant operators and managers, relevant regulatory and safety bodies, nuclear metallurgists and other academics in this field

• Discusses reactor pressure vessel (RPV) design and the effect irradiation embrittlement can have, the main degradation mechanism affecting RPVs
• Examines embrittlement processes in RPVs in different reactor types, as well as techniques for studying RPV embrittlement

Biografía del autor:

Dr Naoki Soneda is an Associate Vice President at the Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, Japan, and is the author of numerous papers on RVP steels.

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• Verlag: Woodhead Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0081013906
• ISBN 13: 9780081013908
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 432
• Herausgeber: Soneda Naoki