Failure Assessment Methodologies for Pressure-Retaining Components under Severe Accident Loading

<table>Structure mechanic assessment for a typical integration point in the MCL (eg: strain at uniform elongation concerning the respective temperature, eg/TF: strain at uniform elongation divided by stress triaxiality factor, ep: accumulated plastic strain).</table>

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Figure 17: Failure Assessment Methodologies for Pressure-Retaining Components under Severe Accident Loading 