Abstract
As the countermeasure against PWSCC, the water jet peening (WJP), which can change tensile stress into the compressive stress, has been applied to welded joints. The stability of the compressive stress induced by WJP has been examined by using ring type specimen processed by WJP.The result has shown that the compressive stress by the WJP on the tensile stressed specimen remains stable in the long term operation at 620K.