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Structural integrity of light water reactor components
Journal
354
of Nuclear Materials I15 (1983) 354 North-Holland Publishing Company
BOOK REVIEW
Integrity of Light Water Reactor Components, Editors: L.E. Steele, ICE. Stahlkopf and L.H. Larson (Applied Science Publishers, London, 1982). 407 pages. Price UO.
Structural
This book is based on the 2nd International Seminar on “Assuring Structural Integrity of Steel Reactor Boundary Components”, held in Paris in August 1981, which discussed this topic as relevant to the various components in the PWR and BWR reactor coolant circuits. The papers were in several cases invited reviews, giving overviews of national programmes and perspectives from France, Germany, Japan and USA, and the organisers succeeded in attracting authoritative authors. More detailed problems were discussed in a second part, dealing with steam generator tube integrity, piping engineering, BWR pipe cracking due to environmental effects and irradiation embrittlement studies. These were timely and effective reviews, not only of the experience of problems, but also of the way in different countries attempts had had some success in overcoming the difficulties. The third part of the book is a series of papers related to the rate of crack growth under cyclic loading in PWR water environments, giving many new results of a major international programme. Finally the development of weld-repair techniques to deal with any cracks found in service is described in a paper which
0022-3 115/83/0000-0000/$03.00
0 1983 North-Holland
gives considerable attention to establishing the properties of the weldments produced by the half-bead technique. The papers are not ephemeral conference papers but are important reviews of timely topics together with others of general interest: the editors have been successful in highlighting important points made in discussion so giving some explanations for the differences in approach seen in different contributions. They successfully blend a wealth of operational experience with effective research and development and indicate the world-wide thought and effort being given to demonstrating and improving structural integrity aspects. As is usual with these publishers, the book is of high standard such that it is a pleasure to handle and read. It will be of interest not only to nuclear design and operating engineers but to all involved in structural integrity assessment and to students of materials problems such as stress corrosion fatigue and fracture.
R.W. Nichols
354
of Nuclear Materials I15 (1983) 354 North-Holland Publishing Company
BOOK REVIEW
Integrity of Light Water Reactor Components, Editors: L.E. Steele, ICE. Stahlkopf and L.H. Larson (Applied Science Publishers, London, 1982). 407 pages. Price UO.
Structural
This book is based on the 2nd International Seminar on “Assuring Structural Integrity of Steel Reactor Boundary Components”, held in Paris in August 1981, which discussed this topic as relevant to the various components in the PWR and BWR reactor coolant circuits. The papers were in several cases invited reviews, giving overviews of national programmes and perspectives from France, Germany, Japan and USA, and the organisers succeeded in attracting authoritative authors. More detailed problems were discussed in a second part, dealing with steam generator tube integrity, piping engineering, BWR pipe cracking due to environmental effects and irradiation embrittlement studies. These were timely and effective reviews, not only of the experience of problems, but also of the way in different countries attempts had had some success in overcoming the difficulties. The third part of the book is a series of papers related to the rate of crack growth under cyclic loading in PWR water environments, giving many new results of a major international programme. Finally the development of weld-repair techniques to deal with any cracks found in service is described in a paper which
0022-3 115/83/0000-0000/$03.00
0 1983 North-Holland
gives considerable attention to establishing the properties of the weldments produced by the half-bead technique. The papers are not ephemeral conference papers but are important reviews of timely topics together with others of general interest: the editors have been successful in highlighting important points made in discussion so giving some explanations for the differences in approach seen in different contributions. They successfully blend a wealth of operational experience with effective research and development and indicate the world-wide thought and effort being given to demonstrating and improving structural integrity aspects. As is usual with these publishers, the book is of high standard such that it is a pleasure to handle and read. It will be of interest not only to nuclear design and operating engineers but to all involved in structural integrity assessment and to students of materials problems such as stress corrosion fatigue and fracture.
R.W. Nichols