反应堆压力容器（RPV）包含燃料，因此反应是核电站的核心。它们是决定生命的结构部件：如果它们遭受严重损坏，核电站的持续运行将受到威胁。这本书批判性地回顾了辐照脆化、影响RPV钢的主要降解机制，以及管理RPV寿命的缓解途径。
第一部分回顾了不同国家的RPV设计和制造，重点介绍了所需的材料、重要性能和制造技术。然后，第二部分考虑使用不同反应堆的运行核电厂中RVP脆化。本章专门讨论轻水反应堆的脆化，包括WWER型反应堆和Magnox反应堆。最后，第三部分介绍了研究脆性的技术，包括辐照模拟技术、微观结构表征技术和概率断裂力学。
核电站反应堆压力容器（RPV）的辐照脆化对核发电安全至关重要。这本书包括一个国际专家团队的贡献，将成为核电站运营商和管理者、相关监管和安全机构、核冶金学家和该领域其他学者的有用资源
讨论了反应堆压力容器（RPV）的设计和辐照脆化可能产生的影响，以及影响RPV的主要降解机理
研究不同类型反应堆中RPV的脆化过程，以及研究RPV脆化的技术
Irradiation Embrittlement of Reactor Pressure Vessels (RPVs) in Nuclear Power Plants
Reactor Pressure Vessels (RPVs) contain the fuel and therefore the reaction at the heart of nuclear power plants. They are a life-determining structural component: if they suffer serious damage, the continued operation of the plant is in jeopardy. This book critically reviews irradiation embrittlement, the main degradation mechanism affecting RPV steels, and mitigation routes for managing the RPV lifetime.
Part I reviews RPV design and fabrication in different countries, with an emphasis on the materials required, their important properties, and manufacturing technologies. Part II then considers RVP embrittlement in operational nuclear power plants using different reactors. Chapters are devoted to embrittlement in light-water reactors, including WWER-type reactors and Magnox reactors. Finally, Part III presents techniques for studying embrittlement, including irradiation simulation techniques, microstructural characterisation techniques, and probabilistic fracture mechanics.
Irradiation Embrittlement of Reactor Pressure Vessels (RPVs) in Nuclear Power Plants provides a thorough review of an issue that is central to the safety of nuclear power generation. The book includes contributions from an international team of experts, and will be a useful resource for nuclear plant operators and managers, relevant regulatory and safety bodies, nuclear metallurgists and other academics in this field
Discusses reactor pressure vessel (RPV) design and the effect irradiation embrittlement can have, the main degradation mechanism affecting RPVs
Examines embrittlement processes in RPVs in different reactor types, as well as techniques for studying RPV embrittlement
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