... of degradation have caused shutdowns, and leaks have become a maintenance issue. This brief will present a description of erosive damage mechanisms found in nuclear power plants. 30 11 2007 21 08 2009 29 01 2010 29 01 2010 corrosion environmental degradation erosion nuclear power...

... reactor materials fatigue dissolving environmental degradation DO = dissolved oxygen content (ppm) ε a = strain amplitude (%) ε ˙ = strain rate on the strain increasing leg of strain cycle (%/s) ε ˙ * = parameter dependent...

.... The large environmental degradation for 304 SS crack growth is consistent with the strong reduction of fatigue life in high hydrogen water. Further, very similar environmental effects were reported in fatigue crack growth tests in hydrogen water chemistry (HWC). Prior to the recent tests reported by Wire...