A statistical analysis of data obtained during impact testing of surveillance specimen of 15 WWER-440 RPVs operating in Russia, Ukraine, Armenia, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia was performed. The raw data used were selected from the IAEA International Database. As a result of the analysis, the influence of P and Cu to Tk increase was observed at a fluence up to 5 x 10^20 cm^-2 (E > 0.5 MeV), more than double design end of life WWER-440 fluence value. A proposal to increase the application range of normative dependences ΔTk(F) on reactor pressure vessel from 3 x 10^20 cm^-2 to 5 x 10^20 cm^-2 has been prepared to amend the regulatory and technical documents regarding the adjustment of the residual life of WWER-440 RPVs. It will allow the WWER-440 RPV to be operated for 60-80 years without annealing the base metal and in some cases without annealing the irradiated welds.
Kryukov, A., Rubtsov, V., & Lebedinsky, V. (2020). Irradiation Embrittlement of WWER RPV Steels Irradiated at High Fluences. Journal of Nuclear Technology in Applied Science, 8(1), 113-118. doi: 10.21608/jntas.2020.34215.1023
MLA
Alexander Kryukov; Valery Rubtsov; Vladimir Lebedinsky. "Irradiation Embrittlement of WWER RPV Steels Irradiated at High Fluences". Journal of Nuclear Technology in Applied Science, 8, 1, 2020, 113-118. doi: 10.21608/jntas.2020.34215.1023
HARVARD
Kryukov, A., Rubtsov, V., Lebedinsky, V. (2020). 'Irradiation Embrittlement of WWER RPV Steels Irradiated at High Fluences', Journal of Nuclear Technology in Applied Science, 8(1), pp. 113-118. doi: 10.21608/jntas.2020.34215.1023
VANCOUVER
Kryukov, A., Rubtsov, V., Lebedinsky, V. Irradiation Embrittlement of WWER RPV Steels Irradiated at High Fluences. Journal of Nuclear Technology in Applied Science, 2020; 8(1): 113-118. doi: 10.21608/jntas.2020.34215.1023