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This paper reviews available information on the state of practice of inservice material property monitoring performed in European energy industries. Current practice includes a range of standard nondestructive testing and monitoring methods, improved remote sampling and surveillance specimen testing, and new monitoring techniques which are emerging from ongoing development programs. These new technologies include ultrasonic, positron annihilation, neutron diffraction, and magnetic techniques.
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Rogerson, A. Current ISI and monitoring technologies in European energy industries. J Nondestruct Eval 15, 93–99 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00732035
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00732035