Reactor Primary Coolant System Pipe Rupture Study Method for Detection of Sensitization in Stainless Steel. Progress Report No. 42, October--December 1977

摘要

A program is in progress to develop a quantitative method (EPR) for nondestructively measuring the degree of sensitization in Type-304 and -304L stainless steels. The technique has been extended to characterize weld heat-affected zones and to correlate degree of sensitization with intergranular stress-corrosion cracking resistance. Current studies are directed toward establishing procedures for, and qualifying, a technique to obtain EPR measurements in-situ on reactor components in the field. (ERA citation 03:047433)