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Fracture Toughness Evaluation for Main Feed Water Valves of Korean Standard Nuclear Power Plant

한국표준원전 주급수 밸브의 파괴인성 평가

  • Received : 2015.06.12
  • Accepted : 2015.06.29
  • Published : 2015.06.30
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Abstract

The fracture toughness of 2.25Cr-1Mo cast steel (SA217-WC9) samples which were taken from the check valves of feed water piping of Korean Standard Nuclear Power Plant(KSNPP) was measured by Master Curve method. The measured $T_0$ reference temperature of SA217-WC9 steel was $-30^{\circ}C$. The obtained $T_0$ was compared to the derived value from Charpy impact test data following to SINTEP procedure. The heat-to-heat variation in fracture toughness of SA217-WC9 steel was observed. It was found that the low toughness of a heat of SA217-WC9 steel was attributed to the coarse MnS inclusion originated by high sulfur content as the results of microanalyses.

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