Published 2003 | Version v1
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Defects investigation in neutron irradiated reactor steels by positron annihilation

Creators

  • 1. Department of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava (Slovakia)

Description

Positron annihilation spectroscopy (PAS) based on positron lifetime measurements using the Pulsed Low Energy Positron System (PLEPS) was applied to the investigation of defects of irradiated and thermally treated reactor pressure vessel (RPV) steels. PLEPS results showed that the changes in microstructure of the RPV-steel properties caused by neutron irradiation and post-irradiation heat treatment can be well detected. From the lifetime measurements in the near-surface region (20-550 nm) the defect density in Russian types of RPV-steels was calculated using the diffusion trapping model. The post-irradiation heat treatment studies performed on non-irradiated specimens are also presented. (author)

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Proceedings of the 17th international conference on structural mechanics in reactor technology

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Publishing Information

Publisher
Vysoka skola technicka
Imprint Place
Brno (Czech Republic)
Imprint Title
Proceedings of the 17th international conference on structural mechanics in reactor technology
Imprint Pagination
[3216 p.]
Journal Page Range
p. 2874-2879
Report number
INIS-CZ--0039

Conference

Title
17. international conference on structural mechanics in reactor technology
Acronym
SMIRT 17
Dates
17-22 Aug 2003
Place
Prague (Czech Republic)

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
Contract SLR 10994; SLR 11120
Notes
Presented within section O01: Operation, inspection and maintenance - Material monitoring, maintenance and repair. 2 tabs., 6 figs., 14 refs. Imprint:Published on CD-ROM in the PDF format for Adobe Acrobat; contact: Prof. S. Vejvoda, Institute of Applied Mechanics, Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic