JOYO-1 Irradiation Test Campaign Technical Close-out, For Information

Technical Report · Tue Jan 31 04:00:00 EST 2006

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/883661· OSTI ID:883661

Borges, G

The JOYO-1 irradiation testing was designed to screen the irradiation performance of candidate cladding, structural and reflector materials in support of space reactor development. The JOYO-1 designation refers to the first of four planned irradiation tests in the JOYO reactor. Limited irradiated material performance data for the candidate materials exists for the expected Prometheus-1 duration, fluences and temperatures. Materials of interest include fuel element cladding and core materials (refractory metal alloys and silicon carbide (Sic)), vessel and plant structural materials (refractory metal alloys and nickel-base superalloys), and control and reflector materials (BeO). Key issues to be evaluated were long term microstructure and material property stability. The JOYO-1 test campaign was initiated to irradiate a matrix of specimens at prototypical temperatures and fluences anticipated for the Prometheus-1 reactor [Reference (1)]. Enclosures 1 through 9 describe the specimen and temperature monitors/dosimetry fabrication efforts, capsule design, disposition of structural material irradiation rigs, and plans for post-irradiation examination. These enclosures provide a detailed overview of Naval Reactors Prime Contractor Team (NRPCT) progress in specific areas; however, efforts were in various states of completion at the termination of NRPCT involvement with and restructuring of Project Prometheus.

• Research Organization: Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory (KAPL), Niskayuna, NY
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC12-00SN39357
• OSTI ID: 883661
• Report Number(s): MDO-723-0044
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
42 ENGINEERING
ALLOYS
BUILDING MATERIALS
FABRICATION
FUEL ELEMENTS
HEAT RESISTING ALLOYS
IRRADIATION
IRRADIATION DEVICES
JOYO REACTOR
MICROSTRUCTURE
NESDPS Office of Nuclear Energy Space and Defense Power Systems
NRPCT
POST-IRRADIATION EXAMINATION
SCREENS
SHIP PROPULSION REACTORS
SILICON CARBIDES
STABILITY
TESTING