Abstract
The effect of proton irradiation in emulating full-range of effects of in-reactor neutron irradiation was studied. Irradiation with protons was conducted at 360°C with doses between 0.3 and 5.0 dpa to approximate those by neutron irradiation at 275°C over the same dose range. The results show that the loop density increases with dose through 5.0 dpa for both particle irradiations and is a factor of 3 greater in neutron-irradiated samples with respect to proton-irradiated samples.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 198-216 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Journal | Journal of Nuclear Materials |
| Volume | 300 |
| Issue number | 2-3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 2002 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Funding
The authors wish to thank Victor Rotberg and Ovidiu Toadar for their support in conducting proton irradiations. Michigan Ion Beam Laboratory for Surface Modification and Analysis and the Electron Microbeam Analysis Laboratory, University of Michigan, provided facilities for irradiation and microstructure analysis. The authors appreciate the guidance and support provided by Larry Nelson and Karen Gott throughout the project. Support for this work was provided by the Cooperative IASCC Research (CIR) program through EPRI contracts WO 4068-20 and WO 4068-26, and by the Office of Basic Energy Sciences, US Department of Energy under contract DE-AC06-76RLO 1830 for the PNNL authors.
| Funders | Funder number |
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| Cooperative IASCC Research | |
| Office of Basic Energy Sciences | |
| US Department of Energy | DE-AC06-76RLO 1830 |
| Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute | WO 4068-26, WO 4068-20 |