DOE/ER-0313/41 - Volume 41
Semiannual Progress Report
December 31, 2006

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1_VANADIUM ALLOYS

1. PROGRESS IN CONSTRUCTION OF A V-4CR-4TI THERMAL CONVECTION LOOP AND TEST FACILITY—B. A. Pint, S. J. Pawel, and J. L. Moser, G. Garner, M. Santella, P. F. Tortorelli, and J. R. Distefano (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 2-6.

2_CERAMIC COMPOSITE MATERIALS

1. ANALYZING IRRADIATION-INDUCED CREEP OF SILICON CARBIDE—Y. Katoh, L. L. Snead, and S. Golubov (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 8-16.
2. ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS OF SIC-BASED MATERIALS—G. E. Youngblood, E. Thomsen, and G. Coffey (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), pp. 17-23.
3. ANISOTROPY IN TENSILE PROPERTIES OF ADVANCED SILICON CARBIDE COMPOSITES—T. Nozawa, Y. Katoh (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), and R. J. Shinavski (Hyper-Therm High-Temperature Composites, Inc.), pp. 24-32.
4. FRACTURE STRENGTH AND TIME DEPENDENT PROPERTIES OF 0/90 AND ±55-BRAIDED WEAVE SIC/SIC TYPE-S FIBER COMPOSITES—C. H. Henager, Jr. (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), pp. 33-50.
5. SWELLING OF NUCLEAR GRAPHITE AND HIGH QUALITY CARBON FIBER COMPOSITE UNDER VERY HIGH IRRADIATION TEMPERATURE—L. L. Snead, T. D. Burchell, and Y Katoh (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 51-66.
6. ACCUMULATION OF THERMAL RESISTANCE IN NEUTRON IRRADIATED GRAPHITE MATERIALS—L. L. Snead (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 66-85.

3_FERRITIC/MARTENSITIC STEELS

1. APPLICATION OF THE MASTER CURVE TO INHOMOGENEOUS FERRITIC/MARTENSITIC STEEL—M. A. Sokolov (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) and H. Tanigawa (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), pp. 83-95.
2. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND MICROSTRUCTURE OF THREE RUSSIAN FERRITIC/MARTENSITIC STEELS IRRADIATED IN BN-350 REACTOR TO 50 dpa AT 490°C—A. M. Dvoriashin, S. I. Porollo, Yu. V. Konobeev (State Scientific Centre of Russian Federation, The Institute for Physics and Power Engineering), N. I. Budylkin, E. G. Minonova, A. G. Ioltukhovskiy, M. V. Leonteva-Smirnova (State Scientific Centre 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. 96-102.

4_COPPER ALLOYS

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5_REFRACTORY METALS AND ALLOYS

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6_AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEELS

1. INFLUENCE OF CARBON ADDITION ON NEUTRON-INDUCED VOID SWELLING OF Fe-15Cr-16Ni-0.25Ti MODEL ALLOY—N. Sekimura, T. Okita (University of Tokyo), and F. A. Garner (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), pp. 106-114.
2. THE SYNERGISTIC INFLUENCE OF TEMPERATURE AND DISPLACEMENT RATE ON MICROSTRUCTURAL EVOLUTION OF ION-IRRADIATED Fe 15Cr- 16Ni MODEL AUSTENITIC ALLOY—T. Okita, T. Sato, N. Sekimura (Department of Quantum Engineering and Systems Science, University of Tokyo, Japan), T. Iwai (Research Center for Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Tokyo, Japan), and F. A. Garner (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) , pp. 115-122.
3. MEASUREMENT OF HELIUM GENERATION IN AISI 304 REFLECTOR AND BLANKET ASSEMBLIES AFTER LONG-TERM IRRADIATION IN EBR-11—F. A. Garner, B. M. Oliver, L. R. Greenwood (Pacific Northwest National
   Laboratory),1 D. L. Porter (Idaho National Laboratory), and T. Allen (University of Wisconsin), pp. 123-133.
4. LOW-TEMPERATURE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF Fe-0.06C-18Cr-10Ni-0.4Ti AUSTENITIC STEEL DETERMINED USING RING-PULL TENSILE TESTS AND MICROHARDNESS MEASUREMENTS—V. S. Neustroev, E. V. Boev (Research Institute of Atomic Reactors, Dimitrovgrad, Russia), and F. A. Garner (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), pp. 134-140.

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

1. COMPATIBILITY ISSUES FOR A HIGH TEMPERATURE DUAL COOLANT BLANKET—B. A. Pint (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA), pp. 142-149.

8_BREEDING MATERIALS

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9_RADIATION EFFECTS, MECHANISTIC STUDIES, AND EXPERIMENTAL METHODS

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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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