DOE/ER-0313/33 - Volume 33
Semiannual Progress Report
December 31, 2002

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1_VANADIUM ALLOYS

1. STRONGLY NON-ARRHENIUS INTERSTITIAL DIFFUSION IN VANADIUM ­ S. Han, R. Car, D. J. Srolovitz (Princeton University), and L. A. Zepeda-Ruiz (LLNL), pp. 2-6.
2. FABRICATION OF CREEP TUBING FROM THE US AND NIFS HEATS OF V-4Cr-4Ti – A. F. Rowcliffe, (ORNL), W.R. Johnson (Rocket Science & Materials Engr. Services), D. T. Hoelzer (ORNL), pp. 7-21.

2_CERAMIC COMPOSITE MATERIALS

1. THERMAL DIFFUSIVITY/CONDUCTIVITY OF IRRADIATED SYLRAMIC™ 2D-SICF/SIC COMPOSITE - G. E. Youngblood, D. J. Senor, and R. H. Jones (PNNL), pp. 23-26.
2. THERMAL DIFFUSIVITY/CONDUCTIVITY OF IRRADIATED MONOLITHIC CVD-SIC - G. E. Youngblood, D. J. Senor, and R. H. Jones (PNNL), pp. 27-33.
3. EVALUATION OF TRANSTHICKNESS TENSILE STRENGTH OF SiC/SiC COMPOSITES - T. Hinoki, E. Lara-Curzio, and L. L. Snead (ORNL), pp. 34-38.
4. DEVELOPMENT OF REFRACTORY ARMORED SILICON CARBIDE - T. Hinoki, L.L. Snead, C.A. Blue, M.L. Santella, D.C. Harper and N. Hashimoto (ORNL), H. Kishimoto (Kyoto University), pp. 39-43.
5. TOTAL DPA CROSS SECTIONS FOR SIC AS A FUNCTION OF NEUTRON ENERGY - H. L. Heinisch, L. R. Greenwood, W. J. Weber, and R. E. Williford (PNNL), pp. 44-48.
6. STRENGTH OF NEUTRON IRRADIATED SILICON CARBIDE AND SILICON CARBIDE COMPOSITE - L. L. Snead and T. Hinoki (ORNL) and Y. Katoh (Kyoto University), pp. 49-57.

3_FERRITIC/MARTENSITIC STEELS

1. FRACTURE TOUGHNESS CHARACTERIZATION OF THE IRRADIATED F82H IN THE TRANSITION REGION - M. A. Sokolov, R. L. Klueh (ORNL), G. R. Odette (UCSB), K. Shiba, and H. Tanigawa (JAERI), pp. 59-65.
2. CHARPY IMPACT PROPERTIES OF REDUCED-ACTIVATION FERRITIC/MARTENSITIC STEELS IRRADIATED IN HFIR UP TO 20 DPA — H. Tanigawa (JAERI), M. A. Sokolov (ORNL), K. Shiba (JAERI), and R. L. Klueh (ORNL), pp. 66-72.
3. DEFORMATION MICROSTRUCTURE OF A REDUCED-ACTIVATION FERRITIC/MARTENSITIC STEEL IRRADIATED IN HFIR - N. Hashimoto (ORNL), M. Ando, H. Tanigawa, T. Sawai, K. Shiba (JAERI), and R. L. Klueh (ORNL), pp. 73-78.
4. CRACK TIP MICROSTRUCTURES IN F82H ON THE LOWER SHELF - D. S. Gelles (PNNL), G. R. Odette (UCSB) and P. Spätig (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, – Centre de Recherches en Physique des Plasma, Villigen PSI, Switzerland), pp. 79-84.
5. IRRADIATION EFFECTS ON IMPACT TOUGHNESS OF HIGH-CHROMIUM FERRITIC/MARTENSITIC STEELS - R. L. Klueh and M. A. Sokolov (ORNL), pp. 85-91.
6. MICROSTRUCTURE AND HARDNESS VARIATION IN A TIG WELDMENT OF IRRADIATED F82H — H. Tanigawa (JAERI), N. Hashimoto (ORNL), M. Ando, T. Sawai, K. Shiba (JAERI), R.L. Klueh (ORNL), pp. 92-98.
7. NEUTRON-INDUCED SWELLING OF Fe-Cr BINARY ALLOYS IN FFTF at ~400°C - F. A. Garner and L. R. Greenwood (PNNL), T. Okita and N. Sekimura (U. of Tokyo) and W. G. Wolfer (LLNL), pp. 99-104.
8. ON THE EFFECTS OF PRECRACKING TECHNIQUE ON TRANSITION FRACTURE TOUGHNESS VALUES DERIVED FROM SMALL 3-POINT BEND SPECIMENS — M. A. Sokolov (ORNL) and H. Tanigawa (JAERI), pp. 105-109.

4_COPPER ALLOYS

1. STATUS OF COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM BETWEEN PNNL AND RISØ NATIONAL LABORATORY - D. J. Edwards (PNNL) and B. N. Singh (Risø National Laboratory, Denmark), pp. 111-119.

5_REFRACTORY METALS AND ALLOYS

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6_AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEELS

1. INFLUENCE OF CARBON AND DPA RATE ON NEUTRON-INDUCED SWELLING OF Fe-15Cr-16Ni- 0.25Ti IN FFTF at ~400°C - T. Okita and N. Sekimura (U. of Tokyo), F. A. Garner (PNNL) and W. G. Wolfer (LLNL), pp. 122-127.

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

1. STUDY OF THE LONG-TERM STABILITY OF Y2O3 MHD COATINGS FOR FUSION REACTOR APPLICATIONS - B. A. Pint and L. D. Chitwood (ORNL), pp. 129-132.
2. MICROSTRUCTURES OF Y-O, Si-O, AND IN-SITU FORMED CaO COATINGS ON V-4%Cr-4%Ti IN LIQUID 2.8 at. % Ca-Li * - J. -H. Park and K. Natesan (ANL), pp. 133-137.

8_BREEDING MATERIALS

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9_RADIATION EFFECTS, MECHANISTIC STUDIES, AND EXPERIMENTAL METHODS

1. MD MODELING OF SCREW DISLOCATION - <100> LOOP IINTERATION IN Fe –J. Marian and B. D. Wirth (LLNL), pp. 140-145.
2. KINETIC MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS OF THE EFFECTS OF 1-D DEFECT
   TRANSPORT ON DEFECT REACTION KINETICS AND VOID LATTICE FORMATION DURING IRRADIATION - H. L. Heinisch (PNNL) and B. N. Singh (Risø National Laboratory, Denmark), pp. 146-150.
3. FINDING POSSIBLE TRANSITION STATES OF DEFECTS IN SILICON-CARBIDE AND ALPHA-IRON USING THE DIMER METHOD – F. Gao, W. J. Weber, L. R. Corrales (PNNL), G. Henkelman, and H. Jónsson (U. of Washington), pp. 151-154.
4. NUCLEATION AND GROWTH OF HELIUM-VACANCY CLUSTERS IN IRRADIATED METALS. PART. I. A GROUP METHOD FOR AN APPROXIMATE SOLUTION OF TWO DIMENSIONAL KINETIC EQUATIONS DESCRIBING EVOLUTION OF POINT DEFECT CLUSTERS - S. I. Golubov, R. E. Stoller, S. J. Zinkle (ORNL), pp. 155-180.

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

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