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This work is dedicated to the mechanical testing of the materials used for the nuclear plants applications in the hot cells facility built in Czech Republic. The variety of mechanical tests performed in the Research Center Rez, Ltd., is described. Namely, an experimental work on the irradiated A533 pressure vessel steel and mechanical behavior of Cr-Ni-Ti steel in the corrosive environment at elevated temperatures are presented. The evolution of the hot cells from the construction to the active mechanical testing of the irradiated materials is described.
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The presented work was financially supported by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport Czech Republic—project LQ1603 Research for SUSEN. This work has been realized within the SUSEN Project (established in the framework of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) in project CZ.1.05/2.1.00/03.0108 and of the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) in the project CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/15_008/0000293, which is financially supported by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports—project LM2015093 Infrastructure SUSEN and with the use of infrastructure Reactors LVR-15 and LR-0, which is financially supported by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports—project LM2015074.
Authors are also grateful to FFG, the governments of Upper Austria and Styria for the support of the K-Project ZPT+ .
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Zimina, M., Švrčula, P., Zháňal, P., Libera, O., Zaunschirm, S., Srba, O. (2019). The Study of Mechanical Behaviour of Materials for the Nuclear Reactor Components in SUSEN Hot Cells. In: TMS 2019 148th Annual Meeting & Exhibition Supplemental Proceedings. The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05861-6_126
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