AN EVALUATION OF THE HSST PROGRAM INTERMEDIATE PRESSURE VESSEL TESTS IN TERMS OF LIGHT-WATER-REACTOR PRESSURE VESSEL SAFETY

摘要

The cylindrical regions of the test vessels were fabricated from either A508 class 2 forging steel or A533, grade B, class 1 steel plate. Ten vessels were fabricated, two of which remain to be tested, one con-taining an A508 forged nozzle and the other having a plain cylindrical region of A533, grade B, class 1 steel.