Irradiation Effects on Reactor Structural Materials.

Abstract

The research program involves a broad study of the effects of nuclear radiation upon materials. The report, covering research for the period 1 February - 30 April 1972, includes: (1) electron microscopy observations of radiation damage in pressure vessel steels and iron alloys, (2) the effect of neutron irradiation on fatigue crack propagation in austenitic stainless steel at high temperature, (3) a study of radiation reduction in notch toughness of stainless steel submerged arc weldments, (4) the effect of cyclotron-injected helium on the fatigue properties of 316 stainless steel, and (5) preliminary results from an environmental exposure of fandidate CTR first-wall structural alloys. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 15, 1972
Accession Number
AD0744941

Entities

People

  • F. A. Smidt Jr.
  • Henry E. Watson
  • J. A. Sprague
  • L. E. Steel
  • P. Shahinian

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alloys
  • Crack Propagation
  • Electron Microscopy
  • Environmental Exposure
  • High Temperature
  • Iron Alloys
  • Neutron Bombardment
  • Notch Toughness
  • Nuclear Radiation
  • Pressure Vessels
  • Radiation
  • Stainless Steel
  • Steel

Fields of Study

  • Materials science
  • Physics

Readers

  • Materials Science (Mechanical Engineering).
  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics