Abstract
Hydrogen uptake can enhance the neutron embrittlement of reactor pressure vessel (RPV) steels. This suggests that irradiation defects act as hydrogen traps. The evidence of hydrogen trapping was investigated using the small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) method on four RPV steels. The samples were examined in the unirradiated and irradiated states and both in the as-received condition and after hydrogen charging. Despite the low bulk content of hydrogen achieved after charging with low current densities, an enrichment of hydrogen in small microstructural defects could be identified. Preferential traps were microstructural defects in the size range of ≈>10nm in the unirradiated and irradiated samples. However, the results do not show any evidence for hydrogen trapping in irradiation defects.
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