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Experience with neutron irradiated reactor pressure vessel steels-a Mössbauer study

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The influence of neutron irradiation and post-irradiation heat treatment on the Mössbauer spectra of reactor pressure vessel steels is studied. Substantial changes in the materials are detected, but a final interpretation turned out to be impossible without performing further investigations.

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Brauer, G., Matz, W. & Fetzer, C. Experience with neutron irradiated reactor pressure vessel steels-a Mössbauer study. Hyperfine Interact 56, 1563–1567 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02405476

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