Publikationsrepositorium - Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf

Only the investigation of reactor pressure vessel steel from operated NPPs offers the opportunity to evaluate the real toughness response of the material to neutron/ gamma radiation. By investigation of material from the formerly Greifswald NPP the evaluation of a standard VVER-440-RPV design and the assessment of the quality of the used as well prediction rules as assessment tools will be possible. The rather different states (irradiated, irradated/annealed, and irradated/annealed/reirradiated) of the RPVs are a special advantage of the four units operated in Greifswald between 1973 and 1990. The paper describes the first results of these investigations and the next steps.