Abstract
Major portions of structural materials of near-term fusion blankets and light water reactor core components are subject to neutron irradiation at low temperatures and low fluxes compared to those in typical void swelling studies using fast reactors. Observed swelling in austenitic stainless steels at temperatures below 673K are generally very small under typical fast reactor irradiation conditions, however, the amount of swelling might be significantly influenced by neutron flux, helium generation rate, etc. In this work, using a reaction rate theory model of swelling, the influences of such key irradiation parameters of low temperature swelling behavior in austenitic stainless steels will be demonstrated to aid the evaluation of swelling at low temperature and low neutron flux conditions.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 783-793 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | ASTM Special Technical Publication |
| Issue number | 1325 |
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| State | Published - 1999 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | Proceedings of the 1996 18th International Symposium: Effects of Radiation on Materials - Hyannis, MA, USA Duration: Jun 25 1996 → Jun 27 1996 |
