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Stress corrosion cracking in light water reactors : good practices and lessons learned.

"The average operating age of existing nuclear power plants (NPPs) is increasing and safety and performance of these ageing NPPs must be achieved by effectively managing material degradations within an acceptable level. Stress corrosion cracking (SCC) is one of significant material degradations...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: International Atomic Energy Agency
Otros Autores: Kang, K-S, Kupca, L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Vienna : International Atomic Energy Agency, 2011.
Colección:IAEA nuclear energy series ; no. NP-T-3.13.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Mechanisms and major contributors to stress corrosion cracking
  • Operating experiences
  • Ageing management application on stress corrosion cracking
  • Inspection
  • Mitigation and repair methods
  • Component replacement including prevention methods for new systems and components
  • Summary on managing stress corrosion cracking.