Open AccessReactor Materials Program - Baseline Material Property Handbook - Mechanical Properties of 1950's Vintage Stainless Steel Weldment Components, Task Number 89-23-A-1
Author(s) -
K.J. Stoner
Publication year - 1999
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/14751
Subject(s) - piping , welding , materials science , coolant , metallurgy , engineering , mechanical engineering
The Process Water System (primary coolant) piping of the nuclear production reactors constructed in the 1950''s at Savannah River Site is comprised primarily of Type 304 stainless steel with Type 308 stainless steel weld filler. A program to measure the mechanical properties of archival PWS piping and weld materials (having approximately six years of service at temperatures between 25 and 100 degrees C) has been completed. The results from the mechanical testing has been synthesized to provide a mechanical properties database for structural analyses of the SRS piping