Abstract:
The Charpy impact specimen and 0.5T-CT specimen extracted from a certain domestic RPV material are irradiated in HFETR with fast neutron(
E>1 Me V)influence of 3.0×10
19 cm
-2. In accordance with unirradiated and irradiated Charpy impact test, the measured Δ
RTNDT is 48℃, while, according to the fracture toughness test in ductile-brittle transition region, the measured Δ
T0 is 53℃, these actual measurement results demonstrate that the irradiation embrittlement effect is obvious. The
RTT0 based on the fracture mechanics methodology to be an alternative indexing to RTNDT could further exploit the underlying safety margin of RPV and improve the economy of NPP.