DOE/ER-0313/31 - Volume 31
Semiannual Progress Report
December 31, 2001

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1_VANADIUM ALLOYS

1. THERMAL CREEP OF V-4Cr-4Ti in a Li ENVIRONMENT - M. L. Grossbeck (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 2-5.
2. OXYGEN EMBRITTLEMENT OF VANADIUM ALLOYS WITH AND WITHOUT SURFACE OXIDE FORMATION - B. A. Pint and J. R. DiStefano (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 6.
3. AN UPDATE ON BIAXIAL THERMAL CREEP OF VANADIUM ALLOYS - R. J. Kurtz (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), A. M. Ermi, (COGEMA Engineering Corp.), and H. Matsui (Tohoku University), pp. 7-16.
4. MICROSTRUCTURAL EXAMINATION OF V-4CR-4TI PRESSURIZED THERMAL CREEP TUBES - D. S. Gelles (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), pp. 17-23.
5. ASSESSMENT OF RECENT VANADIUM ALLOY IRRADIATION EXPERIMENTS - D. L. Smith (Argonne National Laboratory), pp. 24-27.
6. CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS ON THE EVALUATION OF THE DHCE EXPERIMENT - D. L. Smith (Argonne National Laboratory), pp. 28-33.

2_CERAMIC COMPOSITE MATERIALS

1. SPECIMEN SIZE EFFECT ON THE IN-PLANE SHEAR PROPERTIES OF SILICON CARBIDE/SILICON CARBIDE COMPOSITES - T. Nozawa¹, E. Lara-Curzio², Y. Katoh^1,3, L.L. Snead² and A. Kohyama^1,3 - ¹Kyoto University, ²Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ³CREST-ACE, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, pp. 35-39.
2. TENSILE PROPERTIES OF STOICHIOMETRIC SILICON CARBIDE FIBER REINFORCED FCVI DERIVED SILICON CARBIDE MATRIX COMPOSITES - T. Nozawa¹, K. Hironaka¹, T. Taguchi², N. Igawa², L.L. Snead³, Y. Katoh¹, S. Jitsukawa² and A. Kohyama¹ - ¹Kyoto University, ²Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, ³Oak Ridge National Laboratory, pp. 40-46.
3. OPTIMIZING THE FABRICATION PROCESS FOR SUPERIOR MECHANICAL PROPERTIES IN THE STOICHIOMETIRIC SiC FIBER REINFORCED FCVI SiC MATRIX COMPOSITE SYSTEM - T. Taguchi^a, N. Igawa^a, T. Nozawa^b, K. Hironaka^b, L. L. Snead^c, T. Hinoki^c, Y. Katoh^b, S. Jitsukawa^a, A. Kohyama^b and J. C. McLaughlin^c - ^aJapan Atomic Energy Research Institute, ^bKyoto University, ^cOak Ridge National Laboratory, pp. 47-56.
4. MODELING THE TRANSVERSE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF 2D-SICF/SIC COMPOSITES - G. E. Youngblood, D. J. Senor and R. H. Jones (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), pp. 57-63.
5. EFFECT OF FIBER PROPERTIES ON NEUTRONIRRADIATED SiC/SiC COMPOSITES - T. Hinoki, A. Kohyama and Y. Katoh (Kyoto University), L.L. Snead (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 64-73.
6. THE EFFECT OF HIGH DOSE/HIGH TEMPERATURE IRRADIATION ON HIGH PURITY FIBERS AND THEIR SILICON CARBIDE COMPOSITES - T. Hinoki and L. L. Snead (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Y. Katoh, T. Nozawa and A Kohyama (Kyoto University), A. Hasegawa (Tohoku University), pp. 74-83.

3_FERRITIC/MARTENSITIC STEELS

1. EXAMINATION OF POSTIRRADIATION DEFORMATION MICROSTRUCTURES IN F82H - D. S. Gelles (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) and R. Schäublin (EPFL-CRPP Fusion Technology, Switzerland), pp. 85-90.
2. LONG-TERM HIGH TEMPERATURE OXIDATION BEHAVIOR OF ODS FERRITICS - B. A. Pint and I. G. Wright (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 91.
3. FERRITIC/MARTENSITIC STEELS - OVERVIEW OF RECENT RESULTS - R. L. Klueh (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), D. S. Gelles (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), S. Jitsukawa (Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute), A. Kimura (Kyoto University), G. R. Odette (University of California at Santa Barbara), B. van der Schaaf (NRG) and M. Victoria (Paul Scherrer Institute), pp. 92-93.
4. MICROSTRUCTURAL EXAMINATION OF LOW ACTIVATION FERRITIC STEELS FOLLOWING IRRADIATION IN ORR - D. S. Gelles (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), pp. 94-103.
5. TENSILE AND CREEP PROPERTIES OF AN OXIDE DISPERSION-STRENGTHEND FERRITIC STEEL - R. L. Klueh, P. J. Maziasz, D. T. Hoelzer, N. Hashimoto (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), I. S. Kim, and K. Miyahara (Nagoya University), pp. 104-105.
6. IRRADIATION CREEP AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF TWO FERRITICMARTENSITIC STEELS IRRADIATED IN THE BN-350 FAST REACTOR - S .I. Porollo, Yu. Konobeev,and A. M. Dvoriashin (State Scientific Center of Russian Federation, The Institute of Physics and Power Engineering, 249020 Obninsk, Russia)
   N. I. Budylkin, E. G. Mironova, M. V. Leontyeva-Smirnova, and A. G. Loltukhovsky (State Scientific Center of Russian Federation, A. A. Bochvar All-Russia Research Institute of Inorganic Materials (VNIINM), Moscow, Russia) and F. A. Garner (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), pp. 106-114.
7. EFFECT OF CHROMIUM, TUNGSTEN, TANTALUM, AND BORON ON MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF 5-9Cr-WVTaB STEELS - R. L. Klueh, M. A. Sokolov (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), and D. J. Alexander (Los Alamos National Laboratory), pp. 115-116.

4_COPPER ALLOYS

1. OVERAGING OF OUTOKUMPU CuCrZr AT 600°C - D. J. Edwards (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)* and B.N. Singh (Risø National Laboratory), pp. 118-122.

5_REFRACTORY METALS AND ALLOYS

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6_AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEELS

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7_MHD INSULATORS, COATINGS, INSULATING CERAMICS, AND OPTICAL MATERIALS

1. AN IN-SITU CALCIUM OXIDE COATING ON VANADIUM ALLOYS IN LIQUID LITHIUM-CALCIUM - J.-H. Park, K. Natesan, and D. L. Smith (Argonne National Laboratory), pp. 126-131.
2. TEMPERATURE LIMITS ON COMPATIBILITYOF INSULATING CERAMICS IN LITHIUM - B. A. Pint, J. H. DeVan and J. R. DiStefano (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 132-133.
3. THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF NATURAL AND ISOTOPICALLY ENRICHED DIAMOND - EFFECT OF NEUTRON IRRADIATION - D.P. White (Merrimack College), pp. 134-138.

8_BREEDING MATERIALS

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9_RADIATION EFFECTS, MECHANISTIC STUDIES, AND EXPERIMENTAL METHODS

1. ON THE MECHANISM OF FORMATION AND GROWTH OF <100> INTERSTITIAL LOOPS IN FERRITIC MATERIALS - J. Marian, B. D. Wirth (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) and R. Schäublin (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), pp. 141-152.
2. NEUTRON-INDUCED SWELLING AND EMBRITTLEMENT OF PURE IRON AND PURE NICKEL IRRADIATED IN THE BN-350 AND BOR-60 FAST REACTORS
   N. I. Budylkin, E. G. Mironova and V. M. Chernov (Bochvar Institute of Nonorganic Chemistry, Moscow, Russia), V. A. Krasnoselov (Research Institute of Atomic Reactors, Dimitrovgrad, Russia), S. I. Porollo (Institute of Physics and Power Engineering, Obninsk, Russia), and F. A. Garner (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), pp. 153-160.
3. THE EFFECTS OF ONE-DIMENSIONAL MIGRATION OF SELF-INTERSTITIAL CLUSTERS ON THE FORMATION OF VOID LATTICES
   H. L. Heinisch (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) and B. N. Singh (Risø National Laboratory, Denmark), pp. 161-163.
4. THE EFFECT OF FREE SURFACES ON CASCADE DAMAGE PRODUCTION IN IRON
   R. E. Stoller (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 164-168.
5. DISPLACEMENT DAMAGE CROSS SECTIONS FOR NEUTRON-RRADIATED SILICON CARBIDE
   H. L. Heinisch, L. R. Greenwood, W. J. Weber and R. E. Williford (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), pp. 169.

10_DOSIMETRY, DAMAGE PARAMETERS, AND ACTIVATION CALCULATIONS

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11_MATERIALS ENGINEERING AND DESIGN REQUIREMENTS

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12_IRRADIATION FACILITIES AND TEST MATRICES

1. ASSESSMENT OF OPERATIONAL DIFFICULTIES EXPERIENCED IN RECENT HFIR INSTRUMENTED MATERIALS IRRADIATION EXPERIMENTS - K. R. Thoms (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 173-192.