Published May 1989 | Version v1
Miscellaneous

Description and evaluation of selected pictures of local corrosion damage in WWER-440 needle tubes

  • 1. Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR, Dresden (Germany, F.R.). Zentralinstitut fuer Festkoerperphysik und Werkstofforschung

Description

The causes of corrosion damage of steam generator tubes of a WWER-440 reactor were investigated by metallographic tomography and by a method based on measurements with the DENKMAN system. Electron microanalysis was also applied to examine the composition of corrosion products in cracks. Corrosion damage of stainless steel tubes is a result of combined action of factors associated with the tube material, the flowing-through medium, and the load determined by the thermohydraulic conditions and design features. Local corrosion appears in sites where all the three factors exert an adverse effect. Precise knowledge of the tube damage kinetics is a prerequisite for a scientifically grounded forecast of the steam generator lifetime. (Z.M.). 21 figs., 4 refs

Part of:
Upgrading the operating reliability and lifetime of PWR-type nuclear power plant steam generators. Vol. 1,2

Additional details

Additional titles

Original title (German)
Beschreibung und Bewertung ausgewaehlter Schadensbilder der lokalen Korrosion an Nadelrohren des WWER 440

Publishing Information

Imprint Title
Upgrading the operating reliability and lifetime of PWR-type nuclear power plant steam generators. Vol. 1,2
Imprint Pagination
372 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 158-165.
Report number
INIS-mf--12809(v.1,2)

Conference

Title
National conference ''Upgrading the operating reliability and lifetime of PWR-type nuclear power plant steam generators''.
Original Conference Title
Zvysovani provozni spolehlivosti a zivotnosti parnich generatoru jadernych elektraren tlakovodniho typu
Dates
17-19 May 1989.
Place
Ostrava (Czechoslovakia).

Optional Information

Notes
Imprint:Published in 2 volumes.;Zvysovani provozni spolehlivosti a zivotnosti parnich generatoru jadernych elektraren tlakovodniho typu. Dil 1,2.