ASTM E853-13
Standard Practice for Analysis and Interpretation of Light-Water Reactor Surveillance Results

Standard No.

ASTM E853-13

Release Date

2013

Published By

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

Status

Be replaced

Replace By

ASTM E853-18

Latest

ASTM E853-23

Scope

3.1 The objectives of a reactor vessel surveillance program are twofold. The first requirement of the program is to monitor changes in the fracture toughness properties of ferritic materials in the reactor vessel beltline region resulting from exposure to neutron irradiation and the thermal environment. The second requirement is to make use of the data obtained from the surveillance program to determine the conditions under which the vessel can be operated throughout its service life.

3.1.1 To satisfy the first requirement of 3.1, the tasks to be carried out are straightforward. Each of the irradiation capsules that comprise the surveillance program may be treated as a separate experiment. The goal is to define and carry to completion a dosimetry program that will, a posteriori, describe the neutron field to which the materials test specimens were exposed. The resultant information will then become part of a data base applicable in a stricter sense to the specific plant from which the capsule was removed, but also in a broader sense to the industry as a whole.

3.1.2 To satisfy the second requirement of 3.1, the tasks to be carried out are somewhat complex. The objective is to describe accurately the neutron field to which the pressure vessel itself will be exposed over its service life. This description of the neutron field must include spatial gradients within the vessel wall. Therefore, heavy emphasis must be placed on the use of neutron transport techniques as well as on the choice of a design basis for the computations. Since a given surveillance capsule measurement, particularly one obtained early in plant life, is not necessarily representative of long-term reactor operation, a simple normalization of neutron transport calculations to dosimetry data from a given capsule may not be appropriate (1-

ASTM E853-13 Referenced Document

• ASTM E1005 Standard Test Method for Application and Analysis of Radiometric Monitors for Reactor Vessel Surveillance, E 706(IIIA)
• ASTM E1006 Standard Practice for Analysis and Interpretation of Physics Dosimetry Results for Test Reactors, E 706(II)
• ASTM E1018 Standard Guide for Application of ASTM Evaluated Cross Section Data File, Matrix E 706 (IIB)
• ASTM E1035 Standard Practice for Determining Radiation Exposures for Nuclear Reactor Vessel Support Structures
• ASTM E1214 Standard Guide for Use of Melt Wire Temperature Monitors for Reactor Vessel Surveillance, E706(IIIE)
• ASTM E185 Standard Practice for Conducting Surveillance Tests for Light-Water Cooled Nuclear Power Reactor Vessels, E706 (IF)
• ASTM E2006 Standard Guide for Benchmark Testing of Light Water Reactor Calculations
• ASTM E482 Standard Guide for Application of Neutron Transport Methods for Reactor Vessel Surveillance, E706 (IID)
• ASTM E509 Standard Guide for In-Service Annealing of Light-Water Cooled Nuclear Reactor Vessels
• ASTM E706 Standard Master Matrix for Light-Water Reactor Pressure Vessel Surveillance Standards, E706(0)
• ASTM E844 Standard Guide for Sensor Set Design and Irradiation for Reactor Surveillance, E 706(IIC)
• ASTM E854 Standard Test Method for Application and Analysis of Solid State Track Recorder (SSTR) Monitors for Reactor Surveillance, E706(IIIB)
• ASTM E900 Standard Guide for Predicting Neutron Radiation Damage to Reactor Vessel Materials, E 706 (IIF)
• ASTM E910 Standard Test Method for Application and Analysis of Helium Accumulation Fluence Monitors for Reactor Vessel Surveillance, E706 (IIIC)
• ASTM E944 Standard Guide for Application of Neutron Spectrum Adjustment Methods in Reactor Surveillance, (IIA)

ASTM E853-13 history

• 2023 ASTM E853-23 Standard Practice for Analysis and Interpretation of Light-Water Reactor Surveillance Neutron Exposure Results
• 2018 ASTM E853-18 Standard Practice for Analysis and Interpretation of Light-Water Reactor Surveillance Neutron Exposure Results
• 2013 ASTM E853-13 Standard Practice for Analysis and Interpretation of Light-Water Reactor Surveillance Results
• 2001 ASTM E853-01(2008) Standard Practice for Analysis and Interpretation of Light-Water Reactor Surveillance Results, E706(IA)
• 2001 ASTM E853-01 Standard Practice for Analysis and Interpretation of Light-Water Reactor Surveillance Results, E706(IA)
• 1987 ASTM E853-87(1995)e1 Standard Practice for Analysis and Interpretation of Light-Water Reactor Surveillance Results, E706(IA)