Thermal embrittlement of cast austenitic stainless steel components from the decommissioned advanced thermal prototype reactor Fugen has been characterized. Cast stainless steel materials were obtained from recirculation pump casing. The actual time at temperature for the materials was 138,000 h at 275 oC. The “Fugen” material show modest decrease in Charpy-impact properties and a small increase in micro-Vickers hardness in ferrite phase because of thermal aging at relatively low service temperatures. ...
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Research of Estimation Method of Thermal Aging Embrittlement on Cast Austenitic Stainless Steel

Pipe wall thinning caused by FAC (Flow Accelerated Corrosion) and LDI (Liquid Droplet Impingement)is managed through the measurement of pipe wall using UT (Ultrasonic Test) and the replacement of thinning element until reaching allowable limit in order to prevent pipe failure in Japan. Minimum wall thickness of design codes is applied to the allowable limit of pipe wall thinning management. On the other hand, the thinning area is localized in pipe wall caused by FAC and LDI, so the integr ity of piping sys...
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Application of local thinning criteria in pipe wall thinning management of nuclear power plant

One year has passed since Electronic Journal of Advanced Maintenance (EJAM) was started on the website of Japan Society of M aintenology (ISM) May 25“, 2009. “New Technology' (NT) is one of the EJAM categories, and introduces widely advanced techniqu es developed or modified for maintenance. Twenty-two NT articles have been introduced on EJAM website so far as of May 25t“, 2010. This report describes the concept of NT, general features of NT articles, actual performance and future wishes for NT....
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Current Status of EJAM ‘New Technology

This study carried out uniaxial tension fatigue tests of Ti-6Al-4V focusing on sub-surface fractures in very high cycle regime. Crack growth properties in high vacuum were also investigated to simulate sub-surface crack propagation, which is kept away from atmosphere in principle. F racture surfaces were closely compared between the sub-surface crack and the crack propagated in vacuum. As a result, it was clarified that crack growth rate in vacuum was much lower than that in air, which corresponded to long...
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A Mechanism of Sub-Surface Crack Growth in Very High Cycle Fatigue

Electronic Journal of Advanced Maintenance (EJAM) ha s been issued on the website of Japan Society of Mai ntenology (JSM) on May 25th, 2009 This report introd uces EJAM website structure and Editorial Operation....
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Introduction of Electronic Journal of Advanced Maintenance Website Structure and Editorial Operation