Emulation of reactor irradiation damage using ion beams

Was, G. S.; Jiao, Z.; Getto, E.; Sun, K.; Monterrosa, A. M.; Maloy, S. A.; Anderoglu, O.; Sencer, B. H.; Hackett, M.

doi:10.1016/j.scriptamat.2014.06.003

Title: Emulation of reactor irradiation damage using ion beams

Journal Article · Sat Jun 14 00:00:00 EDT 2014 · Scripta Materialia

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2014.06.003· OSTI ID:1162203

Was, G. S. ^[1]; Jiao, Z. ^[1]; Getto, E. ^[1]; Sun, K. ^[1]; Monterrosa, A. M. ^[1]; Maloy, S. A. ^[2]; Anderoglu, O. ^[2]; Sencer, B. H. ^[3]; Hackett, M. ^[4]

Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
TerraPower LLC, Bellevue, WA (United States)

The continued operation of existing light water nuclear reactors and the development of advanced nuclear reactor depend heavily on understanding how damage by radiation to levels degrades materials that serve as the structural components in reactor cores. The first high dose ion irradiation experiments on a ferritic-martensitic steel showing that ion irradiation closely emulates the full radiation damage microstructure created in-reactor are described. Ferritic-martensitic alloy HT9 (heat 84425) in the form of a hexagonal fuel bundle duct (ACO-3) accumulated 155 dpa at an average temperature of 443°C in the Fast Flux Test Facility (FFTF). Using invariance theory as a guide, irradiation of the same heat was conducted using self-ions (Fe++) at 5 MeV at a temperature of 460°C and to a dose of 188 displacements per atom. The void swelling was nearly identical between the two irradiation and the size and density of precipitates and loops following ion irradiation are within a factor of two of those for neutron irradiation. The level of agreement across all of the principal microstructure changes between ion and reactor irradiation establishes the capability of tailoring ion irradiation to emulate the reactor-irradiated microstructure.

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Research Organization:: Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC07-05ID14517

OSTI ID:: 1162203

Report Number(s):: INL/JOU-14-31064; PII: S1359646214002243; TRN: US1600472

Journal Information:: Scripta Materialia, Vol. 88, Issue C; ISSN 1359-6462

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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