ASM Failure Analysis Case Histories: Power Generating Equipment
Evaluation of the Vent Header Crack at Edwin I. Hatch Unit #2 Nuclear Power Station
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Published:2019
Abstract
A metallurgical failure analysis was performed on pieces of the cracked vent header pipe from the Edwin I. Hatch Unit 2 Nuclear power plant. The analysis consisted of optical microscopy, chemical analysis, mechanical Charpy impact testing, and fractography. It was found that the material of the vent header met the mechanical and chemical properties of ASTM A516 Grade 70 carbon-manganese steel material and microstructures were consistent with this material. Fracture faces of the cracked pipe were predominantly brittle in appearance with no evidence of fatigue contribution. The NDTT (Nil ductility Transition Temperature) for this material was approximately -51 deg...
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Member Sign InCarl J. Czajkowski, Evaluation of the Vent Header Crack at Edwin I. Hatch Unit #2 Nuclear Power Station, ASM Failure Analysis Case Histories: Power Generating Equipment, ASM International, 2019, https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.fach.power.c9001146
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