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Research Progress on Irradiation Assisted Stress Corrosion Cracking Behavior and Mechanism of Austenitic Steel |
GAO Junxuan1, CAO Han1( ), KUANG Wenjun2( ), ZHENG Quan1, ZHANG Peng1, ZHONG Weihua1 |
1. China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing 102413, China 2. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China |
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Cite this article:
GAO Junxuan, CAO Han, KUANG Wenjun, ZHENG Quan, ZHANG Peng, ZHONG Weihua. Research Progress on Irradiation Assisted Stress Corrosion Cracking Behavior and Mechanism of Austenitic Steel. Journal of Chinese Society for Corrosion and protection, 2024, 44(4): 835-846.
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Abstract Austenitic stainless steel is the main material for reactor core components. In the service process, under the joint action of neutron irradiation, tensile stress and high-temperature and high-pressure water medium in the primary coolant circuit, the low stress brittle cracking phenomenon, namely irradiation assisted stress corrosion cracking (IASCC) can occur, which will lead to component fracture and failure, thus affecting the structural integrity of reactor core components. This has become one of the key issues affecting the safety and economic operation of nuclear power plants. In this paper, the crack-initiation, crack-growth and cracking-sensitivity of IASCC are summarized. Then the main influence mechanisms of localized deformation, grain boundary oxidation, irradiation hardening, irradiation induced segregation (RIS), irradiation swelling, irradiation creep and irradiation induced phase transformation on IASCC are analyzed. Meanwhile, the application of post-irradiation annealing (PIA) for resolving IASCC is summarized. Finally, the prospect of research on IASCC mechanism is discussed. This review is aimed to provide a reference for understanding the issue of neutron irradiation assisted stress corrosion cracking of austenitic stainless steels.
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Received: 10 September 2023
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Fund: National Key Research and Development Program of China(2019YFB1900902) |
Corresponding Authors:
CAO Han, E-mail: caohan@ciae.ac.cn;
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