Integrity of Reactor Pressure Vessels in Nuclear Power Plants: Assessment of Irradiation Embrittlement Effects in Reactor Pressure Vessel Steels

Abstract

This report addresses the effects of neutron irradiation on the steels and welds of the RPV's of light water cooled and moderated reactors (LWRs-PWR, BWRs and WWERs).JRC.F.4-Safety of future nuclear reactor