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2.9.1 Projects

7210-MA/131, Fatigue Design of Welded Stainless Steels, ECSC-STEELRES 8C, 01-07-1995 to 31-12-1998. Retrieved 20 November, 2018 from https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/28829_en.html.

7210-MA/823, Fatigue Design of Welded Stainless Steels, ECSC-STEELRES 8C, 01-07-1995 to 31-12-1998. Retrieved 20 November, 2018 from https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/28838_en.html.

7210-MA/951, Fatigue Design of Welded Stainless Steels, ECSC-STEELRES 8C, 01-07-1995 to 31-12-1998. Retrieved 20 November, 2018 from https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/28842_en.html.

7210-MC/109, Fatigue Behaviour of Welded High-Strength Steel Components Under Combined Multiaxial Variable Amplitude Loading, ECSC-STEELRES 8C , 01-12-1993 to 31-05-1997. Retrieved 20 November, 2018 from https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/23315_en.html.

7210-PR/303, Improving the Fatigue Performance of Welded Stainless Steels, ECSC-STEEL C, 01-07-2001 to 30-06-2004. Retrieved 12 October, 2018 from http://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/97570_en.html.

ARCHER, Advanced High-Temperature Reactors for Cogeneration of Heat and Electricity R&D, FP7-EURATOM-FISSION, 01-02-2011 to 31-01-2015. Retrieved 6 September, 2016 from http://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/97570_en.html.

FATIGUE-DESIGN, Advanced Design and Reliability Method for Low Cycle Fatigue Loaded Components in the Temperature Range of -50 up to 400C, FP4-BRITE/EURAM 3, 01-12-1998 to 30-11-2001. Retrieved 21 November, 2018 from https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/46783_en.html.

FITNET, European Fitness for Service Network, FP5-GROWTH, 01-02-2002 to 31-05-2006. Retrieved 21 November, 2018 from https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/60459_en.html.

GETMAT, GEn IV and Transmutation MATerials, FP7-EURATOM-FISSION, 01-02-2008 to 31-10-2013. Retrieved 6 September, 2016 from http://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/85745_en.html.

GRETE, Evaluation of Non Destructive Testing Techniques for Monitoring of Material Degradation, FP5-EAECTP C, 01-10-00 to 30-09-03. Retrieved 10 October, 2018 from http://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/52454_en.html.

HELIMNET, Heavy Liquid Metal Network, FP7-EURATOM-FISSION, 20-01-2010 to 19-01-2012. Retrieved 6 September, 2016 from http://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/94437_en.html.

LEADER, Lead-cooled European Advanced Demonstration Reactor, FP7-EURATOM-FISSION, 02-04-2010 to 01-10-2013. Retrieved 6 September, 2016 from http://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/96603_en.html.

LONGLIFE, Treatment of Long Term Irradiation Embrittlement Effects in RPV Safety Assessment, FP7-EURATOM-FISSION, 01-02-10 to 31-01-14. Retrieved 18 August, 2016 from http://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/94662_en.html.

MATTER, MATerials Testing and Rules, FP7-EURATOM-FISSION, 01-01-2011 to 31-12-2014. Retrieved 6 September, 2016 from http://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/97428_en.html.

NET, NET Agreement, EAEC-FUSION 12C, 01-01-1988 to 21-07-1998. Retrieved 21 November, 2018 from https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/17341_en.html.

NULIFE, Nuclear Plant Life Prediction, FP6-EURATOM-NUCTECH, 01-10-06 to 30-06-12. Retrieved 10 October, 2018 from http://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/80046_en.html.

PERFECT, Prediction of Irradiation Damage Effects on Reactor Components, FP6-EURATOM-NUCTECH, 01-01-04 to 31-12-07. Retrieved 18 August, 2016 from http://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/74106_en.html.

PERFORM60, Prediction of the Effects of Radiation for Reactor Pressure Vessel and In-Core Materials Using Multi-Scale Modelling - 60 Years Foreseen Plant Lifetime, FP7-EURATOM-FISSION, 01-03-09 to 31-12-13. Retrieved 10 October, 2018 from http://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/89385_en.html.

RAPHAEL, ReActor for Process heat, Hydrogen And ELectricity generation, FP6-EURATOM-NUCTECH, 15-04-2005 to 14-04-2010. Retrieved 6 September, 2016 from http://www.cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/75830_en.html.

SAFELIFE, Safety of Ageing Components in Nuclear Power Plants, Action Number 3132, 2004. Retrieved 18 August, 2016 from http://projects.jrc.ec.europa.eu/jpb_public/simplesearch.html?actionId=1263.

TMF-STANDARD, Thermo-Mechanical Fatigue - The Route to Standardisation, FP5-GROWTH, 01-10-2001 to 30-09-2005. Retrieved 21 November, 2018 from https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/58321_en.html.

VERLIFE, Unified Procedure for Lifetime Assessment of Components and Piping in VVER NPPs, FP5-EAECTP C, 01-10-01 to 30-09-03. Retrieved 18 August, 2016 from http://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/58143_en.html.

2.9.2 Reports

ARCHER2015, Final Publishable Summary Report - ARCHER (Advanced High-Temperature Reactors for Cogeneration of Heat and Electricity R&D), 2015. Retrieved 9 October, 2018 from http://cordis.europa.eu/docs/results/269/269892/final1-archer-r01-04-final-report-publishable-summary.pdf.

EUR15761, L. Bertini and E. Manfredi, Study of Damage Approaches for Life Assessment in the Creep-Fatigue Range, 1995. Retrieved 9 October, 2018 from http://bookshop.europa.eu/en/study-of-damage-approaches-for-life-assessment-in-the-creep-fatigue-range-pbCRNA15761/downloads/CR-NA-15-761-EN-C/CRNA15761ENC_001.pdf?FileName=CRNA15761ENC_001.pdf&SKU=CRNA15761ENC_PDF&CatalogueNumber=CR-NA-15-761-EN-C.

EUR19972, C.M. Branco, S.J. Maddox and C.M. Sonsino, Fatigue Design of Welded Stainless Steels - Final Report, 2001. Retrieved 9 October 2018 from http://bookshop.europa.eu/en/pad-eur-19972-fatigue-design-of-welded-stainless-steels-pbKINA19972/downloads/KI-NA-19-972-EN-S/KINA19972ENS_002.pdf?FileName=KINA19972ENS_002.pdf&SKU=KINA19972ENS_PDF&CatalogueNumber=KI-NA-19-972-EN-S.

EUR20050, C.M. Sonsino, M. Küppers, N. Gäth, S.J. Maddox and G.R. Razmjoo, Fatigue Behaviour of Welded High-Strength Components Under Combined Multiaxial Variable Amplitude Loading - Final Report, 2001. Retrieved 9 October, 2018 from http://bookshop.europa.eu/en/fatigue-behaviour-of-welded-high-strength-components-under-combined-multiaxial-variable-amplitude-loading-pbKINA20050/downloads/KI-NA-20-050-EN-S/KINA20050ENS_002.pdf?FileName=KINA20050ENS_002.pdf&SKU=KINA20050ENS_PDF&CatalogueNumber=KI-NA-20-050-EN-S.

EUR22809, S.J. Maddox, G.R. Hopkin, A. Holy, C.M. Branco, V. Infante, R. Baptista, S. Schuberth, C.M. Sonsino, M Küppers, G. Marquis, V.-M. Lihavainen, A. Gales, A.J. den Herder and M.A. Lont, Improving the Fatigue Performance of Welded Stainless Steels - Final Report, 2007. Retrieved 9 October, 2018 from http://bookshop.europa.eu/en/improving-the-fatigue-performance-of-welded-stainless-steels-pbKINA22809/downloads/KI-NA-22809-EN-S/KINA22809ENS_002.pdf?FileName=KINA22809ENS_002.pdf&SKU=KINA22809ENS_PDF&CatalogueNumber=KI-NA-22809-EN-S.

EUR22281, P. Hähner, E.E. Affeldt, T. Beck, H. Klingelhöffer, M.S. Loveday and C. Rinaldi, Validated Code-of-Practice for Strain-Controlled Thermo-Mechanical Fatigue Testing, 2006. Retrieved 9 October, 2018 from http://www.tmf-workshop.bam.de/en/tmf_media/eur22281en.pdf.

EUR22282, M. Delnondedieu, H. Hegeman, P. Kauppinen, J. Bros, G. Dobmann, B. Acosta, A. Rogerson, F. Perosanz, P.A. Hahn, F. Gillemot, T. Komber, M. Niffenenger, J. Novak, R. Oettel and R. Zimmer, GRETE: Evaluation of Non-Destructive Techniques for Monitoring Material Degradation - "GRETE" Final Report, 2006. Retrieved 9 October, 2018 from http://capture.jrc.ec.europa.eu/sites/capture/files/files/documents/report_no._18_grete_evaluation_of_non-destructive_techniques_for_monitoring_material_degradation.pdf.

GETMAT2014, Final Report Summary - GETMAT (GEn IV and Transmutation MATerials), 2014. Retrieved 9 October, 2018 from http://cordis.europa.eu/result/rcn/149743_en.html.

Hadley2008, I. Hadley and M. Koçak, Overview of the European FITNET Fitness-for-Service Procedure, 2008. Retrieved 9 October, 2018 from http://www.twi-global.com/technical-knowledge/published-papers/overview-of-the-european-fitnet-fitness-for-service-procedure-june-2008.

HELIMNET2013, Final Report Summary - HELIMNET (Heavy liquid metal network), 2013. Retrieved 9 October, 2018 from http://cordis.europa.eu/result/rcn/55190_en.html.

Janosch2005, J.-J. Janosch, M. Huther, N. Taylor, S. Maddox and M. Koçak, EUROPEAN FITNESS-FOR-SERVICE NETWORK (FITNET) "Fatigue Module Development", 2005. Retrieved 9 October, 2018 from http://www.veristar.com/portal/rest/jcr/repository/collaboration/sites/veristarinfo/web%20contents/bv-content/generalinfo/publications/bulletintechnique/Bulletin_Technique_2005/BT_2005_Contents_Structure/fitnet/documents/2591.1.02%20-%20STRUCTURE%20-%2001%20-%20European%20Fitness%20For%20Service%20Network%20(FITNET)%20Fatigue%20Module%20Development.pdf.

JRC8609, P. Fenici and S. Suolang, Fatigue Crack Growth in 316 Type Stainless Steel at Temperatures and Displacement Damage Rates Representative for the First Wall Loading, 1992. Retrieved 9 October, 2018 from https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-3115(92)90707-R.

JRC12412, R. Scholz, The Effect of Hold-Times on the Fatigue Life of 20% Cold-Worked Type 316L Stainless Steel Under Deuteron Irradiation, 1995. Retrieved 9 October, 2018 from https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-3115(95)00099-2.

JRC13190, I. V. Papadopoulos, P. Davoli, C. Gorla, M. Filippini and A. Bernasconi, A Comparative Study of Multiaxial High-Cycle Fatigue Criteria for Metals, 1997. Retrieved 9 October, 2018 from https://doi.org/10.1016/S0142-1123(96)00064-3.

JRC16627, R. Scholz and R. Mueller, The Effect of Hold-Times on the Fatigue Behaviour of Type AISI 316L Stainless Steel Under Deuteron Irradiation, 1999. Retrieved 9 October, 2018 from https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-3115(98)00178-0.

JRC19983, A. Barbieri, S. Hansen-Ilzhoefer, A. Ilzhoefer and U. Holzwarth, Non-Destructive Positron-Lifetime Measurements during Fatigue of Austenitic Stainless Steel Using a Mobile Positron Beam, 2000. Retrieved 5 December, 2018 from https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1311323.

JRC23875, P. Davolia, A. Bernasconia, M. Filippinia, S. Folettia and I.V. Papadopoulos, Independence of the Torsional Fatigue Limit upon a Mean Shear Stress, 2003. Retrieved 9 October, 2018 from https://doi.org/10.1016/S0142-1123(02)00174-3.

JRC24554, L. Gandossi, S.A. Summers, N.G. Taylor, R.C. Hurst, B.J. Hulm and J.D. Parker, The Potential Drop Method for Monitoring Crack Growth in Real Components Subjected to Combined Fatigue and Creep Conditions: Application of FE Techniques for Deriving Calibration Curves, 2001. Retrieved 9 October, 2018 from https://doi.org/10.1016/S0308-0161(01)00103-X.

JRC26830, U. Holzwarth and P. Schaaff, Nondestructive Monitoring of Fatigue Damage Evolution in Austenitic Stainless Steel by Positron-Lifetime Measurements, 2004. Retrieved 9 October, 2018 from https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.69.094110.

JRC28109, A. Bernasconi and I.V. Papadopoulos, Efficiency of Algorithms for Shear Stress Amplitude Calculation in Critical Plane Class Fatigue Criteria, 2005. Retrieved 9 October, 2018 from https://doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2005.01.005.

JRC32454, U. Holzwarth and P. Schaaff, Nondestructive Monitoring of Fatigue Damage Evolution in Austenitic Stainless Steel by Positron-Lifetime Measurements, 2005. Retrieved 9 October, 2018 from https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-005-3163-5.

JRC33994, J.-J. Janosch, M. Huther, N. Taylor, S. Maddox and M. Koçak, European Fitness for Service Network (FITNET): Fatigue Module Development, 2005. Retrieved 9 October, 2018 from http://proceedings.asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/proceeding.aspx?articleid=1575749.

JRC37165, J.J. Janosch, N. Taylor, M. Koçak, M. Huther, S. Maddox and H.P. Lieurade, The Fatigue Module of the FITNET FFS Procedure, 2007.

JRC40879, P. Hähner, C. Rinaldi, V. Bicego, E.E. Affeldt, T. Brendel, H. Andersson, T. Beck, H. Klingelhöffer, H.-J. Kühn, A. Köster, M.S. Loveday, M. Marchionni and C. Rae, Research and Development into a European Code-of-Practice for Strain-Controlled Thermo-Mechanical Fatigue Testing, 2008. Retrieved 9 October, 2018 from https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2007.01.052.

JRC40880, M.S. Loveday, V. Bicego, P. Hähner, H. Klingelhöffer, H.-J. Kühn and B. Roebuck, Analysis of a European TMF Inter-Comparison Exercise, 2008. Retrieved 9 October, 2018 from https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2007.01.059 .

JRC42967, T. Beck, P. Hähner, H.-J. Kühn, C. Rae, E.E. Affeldt, H. Andersson, A. Köster and M. Marchionni, Thermo-Mechanical Fatigue - The Route to Standardization, 2008.

Keim2012, E. Keim and D. Lidbury, Review of Assessment Methods used in Nuclear Plant Life Management, 2012. Retrieved 9 October, 2018 from http://www.vtt.fi/proj/nulife/nulife_d1_d2_report_master_11may2012.pdf.

Klenk2013, A. Klenk, A. Hobt, M. Bruchhausen, K. Turba and M. Utili, Creep, Fatigue and Creep-Fatigue Behavior of 9-14 Cr-ODS Materials Under Different Environmental Conditions, 2013. Retrieved 9 October, 2018 from http://nuklear-server.nuklear.kit.edu/getmat/documents/events//GETMAT_Final_Workshop_2013/09_GETMAT_Final_WS_20130917_Klenk.pdf.

Kocak2006, M. Koçak, European Fitness-for-Service Network - Final Technical Report, 2006. Retrieved 9 October, 2018 from http://www.eurofitnet.org/FITNETFinalTechnRepwithProjManagement30Jan07.pdf.

MATTER2016, Final Report Summary - MATTER (MATerials TEsting and Rules), 2016. Retrieved 9 October, 2018 from http://cordis.europa.eu/result/rcn/182660_en.html.

Taylor2003, N. Taylor, M. Koçak, S. Webster, J.J. Janosch, R.A. Ainsworth and R. Koers, Final Report for Work Package 2 "State-of-the-Art and Strategy" - Technical Report, 2003. Retrieved 9 October, 2018 from http://eurofitnet.org/fitnet/report_TR3-03.pdf.

Utili2012, M. Utili, Report of the Workshop “Key Material Properties for Myrrha and Astrid” - Deliverable D13.1, 2012. Retrieved 9 October, 2018 from http://www.matterfp7.it/Upload/Moduli/wbdms/public/documents/Deliverable%20D13.1.pdf.

VERLIFE2003, M. Brumovský (ed.), Unified Procedure for Lifetime Assessment of Components and Piping in WWER Nuclear Power Plants (VERLIFE) - Final Report, 2003. Retrieved 6 December, 2018 from https://cordis.europa.eu/docs/projects/files/FIKS/FIKS-CT-2001-20198/verlife_projrep_en.pdf.

2.9.3 External Resources

IAEA01, Assessment and Management of Ageing of Major Nuclear Power Plant Components Important to Safety: CANDU Reactor Assemblies, IAEA-TECDOC-1197, 2001. Retrieved 9 October, 2018 from http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/te_1197_prn.pdf URL.

IAEA03, Assessment and Management of Ageing of Major Nuclear Power Plant Components Important to Safety: Primary Piping in PWRs, IAEA-TECDOC-1361, 2003. Retrieved 9 October, 2018 from http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/te_1361_web.pdf.

IAEA05, Assessment and Management of Ageing of Major Nuclear Power Plant Components Important to Safety: BWR Pressure Vessels. IAEA-TECDOC-1470, Vienna, IAEA, 2005. Retrieved 2 October, 2018 from http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/TE_1470_web.pdf.

IAEA07, Assessment and Management of Ageing of Major Nuclear Power Plant Components Important to Safety: PWR Pressure Vessels, IAEA-TECDOC-1556, 2007. Retrieved 9 October, 2018 from http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/te_1556_web.pdf.

IAEA11, Assessment and Management of Ageing of Major Nuclear Power Plant Components Important to Safety: Steam Generators, IAEA-TECDOC-1888, 2011. Retrieved 9 October, 2018 from http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/Publications/PDF/TE_1668_web.pdf.

IAEA98, Assessment and Management of Ageing of Major Nuclear Power Plant Components Important to Safety: CANDU Pressure Tubes, IAEA-TECDOC-1037, Vienna, IAEA, 1998. Retrieved 9 October, 2018 from http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/te_1037_prn.pdf.

KTA3201.2, Komponenten des Primärkreises von Leichtwasserreaktoren – Teil 2: Auslegung, Konstruktion und Bewertung. KTA, KTA 3201.2, 2013. Retrieved 2 October, 2018 from http://www.kta-gs.de/d/regeln/3200/3201_2_r_2013_11.pdf.

KTA3211.2, Druck- und Aktivitätsführende Komponenten von Systemen Außerhalb des Primärkreises - Teil 2: Auslegung, Konstruktion und Berechnung. KTA, KTA 3211.2, 2013. Retrieved 2 October, 2018 from http://www.kta-gs.de/d/regeln/3200/3211_2_r_2013_11.pdf.

NRC-RG-1.207, Guidelines for Evaluating Fatigue Analyses Incorporating the Life Reduction of Metal Components Due to the Effects of the Light -Water Reactor Environment for New Reactors, Regulatory Guide 1.207, 2007. Retrieved 9 October, 2018 from http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/contract/cr6583/cr6583.pdf.

NUREG-CR-6583, Effects of LWR Coolant Environment on Fatigue Design Curve of Carbon and Low-Alloy Steels, NUREG/CR-6853, 1998. Retrieved 9 October, 2018 from http://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0703/ML070380586.pdf.

NUREG-CR-6787, Mechanism and Estimation of Fatigue Crack Initiation in Austenitic Stainless Steels in LWR Environments, NUREG/CR-6787, 2002. Retrieved 9 October, 2018 from http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/contract/cr6787/cr6787.pdf.

NUREG-CR-6815, Review of the Margins for ASME Code Fatigue Design Curve - Effects of Surface Roughness and Material Variability, NUREG/CR-6815, 2003. Retrieved 9, October 2018 from http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/contract/cr6815/cr6815.pdf.

NUREG-CR-6909, Effect of LWR Coolant on the Fatigue Life of Reactor Materials. NUREG/CR-6909, ANL-06/08, U.S. NRC, 2007. Retrieved 2 October, 2018 from http://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0706/ML070660620.pdf.

NUREG-CR-6909-1, Effect of LWR Coolant on the Fatigue Life of Reactor Materials, NUREG/CR-6909, Revision 1 U.S. NRC, 2014. Retrieved 9 October, 2018 from http://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1408/ML14087A068.pdf.

NUREG-CR-6923, Expert Panel Report on Proactive Materials Degradation Assessment, NUREG/CR-6923, 2007. Retrieved 9 October, 2018 from http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/contract/cr6923.