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Conference Article: Issues in Reactor Pressure Vessel materials

B. Riou, C. Escaravage, Framatome-ANP, Lyon Cedex, FRANCE; D. Hittner, Framatome-ANP, Paris La Défense Cedex, FRANCE; D. Pierron, Framatome ANP, Saint Marcel, FRANCE

Abstract

Reactor Pressure Vessel (RPV) is one of the most important structure in a VHTR. The choice of this material is therefore of a prime importance and necessitates significant work of validation. The purpose of this paper is to mark the status of knowledge on different vessel material candidates.

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key words: Gas Cooled Reactor, Nuclear Technology
Reference:
Proceedings of the Conference on High Temperature Reactors, Beijing, China, September, 22-24, 2004
International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria)
HTR-2004, pp:1-6