Abstract
As nuclear power plants approach end-of-license (EOL) and consideration is given to license renewal, there is an ever increasing need to expand the amount of data obtainable from the original surveillance specimens. A laser welding technique to reconstitute broken Charpy specimens is being developed to produce both conventional and miniaturized Charpy specimens. This paper reports on early laser welding development efforts and summarizes previous proof-of-principle experiments on a 1/16 scale miniaturized Charpy test.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | ASTM Special Technical Publication |
Editors | Anon |
Publisher | Publ by ASTM |
Pages | 62-76 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Edition | 1204 |
ISBN (Print) | 0803118694 |
State | Published - Dec 1 1993 |
Event | Proceedings of the Symposium on Small Specimen Test Techniques Applied to Nuclear Reactor Vessel Thermal Annealing and Plant Life Extension - New Orleans, LA, USA Duration: Jan 29 1992 → Jan 31 1992 |
Other
Other | Proceedings of the Symposium on Small Specimen Test Techniques Applied to Nuclear Reactor Vessel Thermal Annealing and Plant Life Extension |
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City | New Orleans, LA, USA |
Period | 1/29/92 → 1/31/92 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Engineering(all)