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REGULATORY GUIDE OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REGULATORY RESEARCH

REQULATORY GUIDE 1.99 nmsk ME 50541

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level, aad thtdata that f d !he bash for thisgui& wem XLfwt-powi sbiA values. The s m d measure of radiatiom

0 0 ~ * 1 d a i v t d ~ I R e f . 2 ) a m 2 8 9 P f o r ~ a n d1 7 7 f v r b a s e m a a l d e r p i t c ~ ~ e ~ t a ~ a m o d d f h a t ~ ~ f i ~ g u r w . ' f $ u r ~ u s e o f m u v t J f a n c a d a u ~ a g i v t o r t a d a r ( i n p h o f t h e ~ d p r o c x b m g i ~ ~ ~ ~ g n i d e ) roquircs~ ! e e n g i n c a i n g j u d ~ r a e v a h t a t a t h e c r e d i b ~ -iyof tbdataad assign rmiiablo margina. WhEa st.wdllaPadata from the rmdar in quation bacrnnt av&Ie, the weigh givcp 1

I ~othmrthiyttothei n f o d o n inthisgnidawill dcptndonh a d E M y of dm mill- data as judged by the f o W g criteria:

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ths~aadltIih&&cwditio~sbouldbo~maaeormgh , topenait the dckmimimof tht 3U-iwt-pmd t e m p t m andi a c t d s f o ~ ~ m 2 f D f b R ~ ~ ( i a R e g u i a o w y ~

1.1d t h i r l @ c ) i s a m F d i n t d i n ~ k y G . L.GPhteWf- u m--guously. 2) and G. R. Odeps d al. (Ref. 3). Bmh of tbcsc papen used s r w e ~ & m f r o r n ~ p w e r ~ . T h c b a s afor M u r e p d m rwrtIationr w d difftm in that Odetto mad= pcata useof physical mdchof embritdem~nt.Yet, thcr twopapersoontainsimilar tiom: (11 s e p m m mmk-t i o o ~ s h m k l b c ~ f w w e l d a n d b a s e m t z a I , ( 2 ) t h t f u n c -~ s i r o u l d b e t b e p d ~ o f a c h e m i s t r y k m d a f l ~ ~ , ( 3 ) t h e p a r a m t c n h t h e ~ f h a r ~ b e t h t d ~ c o p p c r a n d n i c k d , d ( 4 ) ~ ~ m w w ~ d p r o v i d e a d u u v t dopa of abut 0.25 to0.30 oa log-log paper at IOH d d (E >1MeV), st#ptt at low flue- a d flatter high f l m . Regulatory PDaition 1.1 i a a blend of the m ~ r ~ftmcciom p r e s e n t e d ~ t b e s e ~ . S o m a m t ~ d a t a w m u s c d a a agui&ia~lishhgaEuto&forthschtmisoryfadorforJcw-~oppermatcriab.ThebbaseforRt*Posi~rnl.ZhU givm by S p t a ~ e tH.fhrsh (Ref. 4).

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4 . ' I h s l r r a d i a a i o n t e m p c r a t U r e 0 ~ t h s ~ ~ h t b t ~ ~ m c b v e g s c l w a l l t e m p c r a t l l l t a t t b e ~ ~. metal iriterfaeewithia fSOP. 1

m b m m p a ~ ~ k v t n $ e n e r g i t s ~ h 1 m i l I i o a t lmmnvdm(E>1 MeV). Thcdiffcrmaah m s p t m a t T o r r s s ~ ~ d a t a f m m a ~ p ~ i n s t e a d d t h t ~ e i l I a a # ~ t d t $ e v d k s r v f a c e I ~ n r d bR t ~ P w i t i o n I , o r r ; m d m l o p . ~ ~ o f b R ~ wrapptartobaw-&towarrardthewofadamagsb tofllmmforthgtplant.B#-ause&danamlimitedinnumbtr tioa suchasdispl-ta per atom (dpa)OM.5)intbe anatysh and-wbjecttoa~atta,R t g u b q Position2 dcscdm a pwxhe o f ~ ~ e ~ d a c P b a s c ( R e f . 6 ) . i n w h i c h t h e f o r m o f ~ Z i r t o b e ~ a 8 d t b o n u t a c l e h G -.

t o r t b t & i s ~ , h t r h s ~ f a c t o r S r ~ e d b y tbplantsumiEIarrzdah.OfsevtralpmSbh~raJ&sncb&a,

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g i v e s ~ P r e j g h t t o t h e p o i d w i r h t b a h l g h t t A R ~ ~ ; t h i f g i v a r i n R t ~ t o y ~ o n 1 . 1irbascsontheattmwionofdpa w m l l a b l s for sruvdlIanee dam, b119t g M y Zhrough thtvtssel w d . b h i g h a d a t r p o i t n w i l l b e ~ m a r e ~ a n d ~ w i n ~

smt mre madm pTmd lm. ~ y t o n m m n r a d E s d a a ~ ~ e m w r m a y b s a & a t d

~ e l ~ o t h e r ~ w p p a a n d n i c k d . T b o r i g i n a l ~ s w l R n i s i o n I o f ~ ~ h a d a p ~ s p ~ t e r m i a t h s ~ W,b u t t k ~ h J d i r * u u ~ h i c h t h i a ~ ~ b a s c dfoudothtr 1. m-Cg DATA NUT AY-elmem srrchaa p b o s p b tobedsmmday importana, 1.0,~ including the^ in the d y s h did not product a 8 i g d h n t fy &-tcrtitofthsdats.

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~ R T ~ I s t b c r r f e r # l o e ~ f m d = m J r t a d i a S a d mamid u;& h e d h P-h NB-2331 ofM o o El of the M M E B c i l r r m d ~ Y c s x IC o d e ~ , 7 ) . I f ~ ~ ofinidalR~forthematcriBZin@cwue~r~blt, ~meanrahrtsforthatclassSofmatcrialmaykosrdifthcrt u e ~ t ~ s t ~ t u t s ~ a M I s h * i ~ c a a m d E t a a d a r d ~ -tim for the dass.

CE(~isIlftt&dsmy~,afUOCtiOaotcopptfmddclrel m.CFEFgivaInTfble 1forwddslaa hTablc2 forbart d @ l a t e s m d f a g i n e s ) . ~ ~ i p o ~ i s p e r m i r r t d . h Trbler I rad 2 '"tpereent ~appcr" md "weighl-pcW ~ l r t l "rrt tbck b d m a r c vllw for the mated, which wiu ~ b t t h e m c a n o f t h e ~ ~ f O T a p l a t t o r f o r g h g wfurrvcIdmmp~mdewith~wCldwireheafmrmberthat ~ I & S the Qitical rtSSelweld. Ifmehvllus m availabIc,

2. SURVEfLUNCE DATA AVAfZABtE

Tbcadjasttdrtterca#tcqmmlhotrldk*rs fallows. Fi* if* isclear- dmtthcopperoruickl m r m t O f t b G ~ . r t l d ~ a r s ~ ~ O f t b t w s s t l w t l d , i.e., differs h m bz avargt for the wdd wirt h mtmber rssoeiated with th nssel weld ad zbt m m e weld, ttre

vahm d b R T ' ~ I b 0 U l dbe adjwtd by d t i p l y h g them by the d o oftbc ~ckdshym r for.thevessel weld to that for the ~~weld. M,lhesurvtillanetdatarhoald be f i ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 2 ~ o o b t a i n ~ ~ e ~ flucaoe. Todo lo,dcutate theCMSJ'€am,CF,€urltbt btst f i t by driplying cach adjusted b R m by icr mnaponaing f l u ~ ~ r , N m m i n g t h e p r d u m , a d d i v i & g b y e b e s u r n d kqmaofthcfluzn#f8nws,llcrdtingvPhrtofCFahen c n ~ I n ~ o n 2 w r i l l g i v t ~ r d a t i o n s h i p o f d R ~ t b

TABLE I

CHWWIRY FACTOR FOR WELDS, eP

I f r a k ~ g i v a a b i g h # v a l t l e o f a d j u s d r e f ~ ttmpcraht~tthaathafgiv~pbyuslaptheproeodrutadkgnlatorg Pasicioa 1 , 1 , $ l c s l r r v t i l ~ d a n ~ b s u s e d . I f ~ ~ gives a Iowa value, dm may bt used.

wt-

ForMtiintmaltriatintbereadorvensclfor.~ewpknt,tk . m t ~ a f t b i s ~ L 0 1 p r o v l d e i n F a m a t i a z b ~ e d ~ e ~ t d l i ~ r r g a r d i n g t h t N R C r m f f ~ p ~ f o r ~ t h i sof rtgidrralctcmcnt~mch as ~opper,pb@mus, rulfur, md d . d d b e - n b d t o b w l e v t l s . = T f i c ~ - ~ g l l i d e . ~ ~ H ~ ~ ~ w s i n w b t c h m q p ~ p m t d ~ ~ r u c h ~ t b c ~ r d j u s t e d r e ~ ~~ m ~ l e ~ ~ f o r w n q , ~ w i t h r p s i f i c d -.atthtl14Tpos~mintbevcsstlwallatndoftiftLIwtban momof tbtCommission"&rtgulatjom, the mttbDdsM b c d m ° F . In tclcaing the upfbwnmount of nickel t~ be ItKd, its h ~ ~ ~ k u s e d * s f o l l o w a : dcluuious effa w W o n tmbritilemem r b d d be W a n d dgainstb~beneficialmaalhugieat~cctsdiDteadcacytoloaa 1. ~ ~ d e s c n W i n R g u l a t o r y ~ 1 m d 2 o f tac initial R m . &i~grridewillbeastdbytfitNRCCFdffhevaluatingdlpdit-

t ias of &on cmbrW- needed m implemtm7 = m m a e b d h ~ u . & m ~ . e c * ~ P A S I 1 1 1 ~ ~ A s J 3

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