Phosphorus influence on steel ageing

Project Information

PISA

Grant agreement ID: FIKS-CT-2000-00080

Project closed

Start date 1 December 2000

End date 31 August 2004

Funded under

• Research and training programme (Euratom) in the field of nuclear energy (1998 to 2002)

Total cost € 1 618 843,00

EU contribution € 794 912,00

Coordinated by

AEA TECHNOLOGY PLC
United Kingdom

Objective

The integrity of the pressure vessel is vital to the safe operation of a nuclear reactor. It is therefore necessary to monitor or predict the changes in the pressure vessel material during operation. Exposure to irradiation (or elevated temperatures) causes the segregation of phosphorus to internal grain boundaries in RPV steels. This, in turn, encourages brittle intergranular failure of the material. The objectives of PISA are to improve predictability of a failure mechanism that can affect all types of reactor plant operating in Europe, and in particular to improve the predictability of mechanical property changes in long- service steels for plant applications.

Fields of science

• agricultural sciences › agriculture, forestry, and fisheries › agriculture › grains and oilseeds
• engineering and technology › other engineering and technologies › nuclear engineering

Programme(s)

• FP5-EAECTP C - Research and training programme (Euratom) in the field of nuclear energy (1998 to 2002)

Topic(s)

• 2.1.2.-1.1.1 - Integrity of equipment and structures

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

AEA TECHNOLOGY PLC

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 220 Harwell ; OX11 0QJ DIDCOT,HARWELL,CHILTON ; United Kingdom
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Participants (10)

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Netherlands

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• Address: Westerduinweg 3 ; 1755 ZG PETTEN
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ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Site des Renardières, Route de Sens-Ecuelles ; 77818 MORET SUR LOING
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FRAMATOME ANP GMBH

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Freyeslebenstrasse 1 ; 91058 ERLANGEN
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KFKI - ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE - HUNGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

Hungary

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Konkoly-Thege Miklos ut 29-33 ; 1121 BUDAPEST
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MAGNOX ELECTRIC PLC

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Berkeley Centre Gloucesterschire ; GL13 9PB Berkeley
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NUCLEAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE REZ A.S.

Czechia

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Rez 130 ; 250 68 REZ - PRAHA
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TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND

Finland

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• Address: 3,Kemistintie 3 ; 02044 ESPOO
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TECNATOM S.A.

Spain

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• Address: 1,Avenida Montes de Oca 1 ; 28709 SAN SEBASTIAN DE LOS REYES - MADRID
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THE UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: BROWNLOW HILL ; L69 3GH LIVERPOOL
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UNIVERSITAET STUTTGART

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Pfaffenwaldring 32 ; 70569 STUTTGART
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