ASM Failure Analysis Case Histories: Power Generating Equipment
Thermal Exposure Assessment by Quantitative Microscopy and Selective Etching
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Published:2019
Abstract
The accident at Three Mile Island Unit No. 2 on 28 March 1979 was the worst nuclear accident in US history. By Jan 1990, it was possible to electrochemically machine coupons from the lower head using a specially designed tool. The specimens contained the ER308L stainless steel cladding and the A533 Grade B plate material to a depth of about mid-wall. The microstructures of these specimens were compared to that of specimens cut from the Midland, Michigan reactor vessel, made from the same grade and thickness but never placed in service. These specimens were subjected to known thermal treatments...
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Member Sign InGeorge F. Vander Voort, Thermal Exposure Assessment by Quantitative Microscopy and Selective Etching, ASM Failure Analysis Case Histories: Power Generating Equipment, ASM International, 2019, https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.fach.power.c9001571
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