Tu.4.I
D01 - Steel and Alloys

Tu.4.I.1

Brittle Failure Analysis of High-Burnup PWR Fuel Cladding Alloys

K. Simbruner1, M.C. Billone2, U. Zencker1, Y.Y. Liu2, H. Völzke1

1: Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
2: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Lemont, USA

Tu.4.I.2

Vibration crack corrosion - a phenomenon that could promote the occurrence of increased oxide layer thicknesses in the upper region of fuel rods made of M5 cladding tubes

V. Böhm1, J. Müller1, T. Petersmann1, W. Hienstorfer2, B. Gerold1

1: TÜV SÜD Energietechnik GmbH Baden-Württemberg, Mannheim, Germany
2: TÜV SÜD Energietechnik GmbH , Filderstadt, Germany

Tu.4.I.3

Annealing-temperature Evaluation of Type 316 Stainless Steel Based on Material Tensile Test

N. Yanagida1

1: Hitachi, Ltd., 7-1-1, Omika, Hitachi, Ibaraki, Japan

Tu.4.I.4

Evaluation of the Fatigue Life of AISI 347 Specimens with Small Notches Based on Local Strain Considerations

K. Heckmann1, J. Sievers1, R. Acosta2, C. Boller2, T. Schopf3, T. Bill4, P. Starke4, L. Luecker5, K. Donnerbauer5, F. Walther5

1: GRS, Cologne, Germany
2: Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
3: MPA University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
4: WWHK, University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
5: WPT, TU Dortmund University, Dortmund, Germany

Tu.4.I.5

Study of VVER-440 reactor pressure vessel weld metal after 45 years of operation

K. Medvedev1, A. Chernobaeva1, D. Erak1, D. Zhurko1, V. Kochkin1, N. Pal1, A. Reshetnikov1

1: NRC Kurchatov Institute, Moscow, Russia