Fusion materials semiannual progress report for the period ending December 31, 1996

Technical Report · Tue Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1997

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/527527· OSTI ID:527527

This is the twenty-first in a series of semiannual technical progress reports on fusion materials. This report combines the full spectrum of research and development activities on both metallic and non-metallic materials with primary emphasis on the effects of the neutronic and chemical environment on the properties and performance of materials for in-vessel components. This effort forms one element of the materials program being conducted in support of the Fusion Energy Sciences Program of the US Department of Energy. The other major element of the program is concerned with the interactions between reactor materials and the plasma and is reported separately. The report covers the following topics: vanadium alloys; silicon carbide composite materials; ferritic/martensitic steels; copper alloys and high heat flux materials; austenitic stainless steels; insulating ceramics and optical materials; solid breeding materials; radiation effects, mechanistic studies and experimental methods; dosimetry, damage parameters, and activation calculations; materials engineering and design requirements; and irradiation facilities, test matrices, and experimental methods.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-96OR22464
• OSTI ID: 527527
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER--0313/21; ORNL/M-5896; ON: DE97008798; BR: AT 60 20 00 0
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
AUSTENITIC STEELS
CERAMICS
COMPOSITE MATERIALS
COPPER ALLOYS
FERRITIC STEELS
LEADING ABSTRACT
MARTENSITIC STEELS
PHYSICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
PROGRESS REPORT
RADIOACTIVITY
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
THERMONUCLEAR REACTOR MATERIALS
VANADIUM BASE ALLOYS