Standard Guide for In-Service Annealing of Light-Water Moderated Nuclear Reactor Vessels
STANDARD published on 1.2.2021
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Designation standards: ASTM E509/E509M-21
Publication date standards: 1.2.2021
The number of pages: 12
Approximate weight : 36 g (0.08 lbs)
Country: American technical standard
Category: Technical standards ASTM
This guide covers the general procedures to be considered (as well as the demonstration of their effectiveness) for conducting in-service thermal anneals of light-water moderated nuclear reactor vessels. The purpose of this in-service annealing (heat treatment) is to improve the mechanical properties, especially fracture toughness, of the reactor vessel materials previously degraded by neutron embrittlement. This guide is designed to accommodate the variable response of reactor-vessel materials in post-irradiation annealing at various temperatures and different time periods, as well as to provide direction for the development of a vessel annealing procedure and a post-annealing vessel radiation surveillance program. Guidelines are provided to determine the post-anneal reference nil-ductility transition temperature (RTNDT), the Charpy V-notch upper shelf energy level, fracture toughness properties, and the predicted reembrittlement trend for these properties for reactor vessel beltline materials.
Keywords:
fracture toughness, irradiation, nuclear reactor vessels (light-water moderated), radiation exposure, surveillance (of nuclear reactor vessels),, ICS Number Code 27.120.10 (Reactor engineering)