... turbine rotor is widened by increased live steam temperatures and the increased demand for flexibility. These technical challenges are accompanied by economic aspects, i.e., the market requirements have to be met at reasonable costs. The welding of steam turbine rotors is one measure to balance required...

... welds offer a known solution to combine nickel-base alloys with ferritic/martensitic steels in this case. Thermal mismatch and differences in high temperature performance of the applied base materials make it very difficult to evaluate the lifetime of such dissimilar welds. Depending on temperature...

... decommissioning procedure. The investigations of this material started with material from the circumferential core weld of unit 1. First, this paper presents results of the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) fluence calculations depending on different loading schemes and on the axial weld position based on the Monte...