DOE/ER-0313/25 - Volume 25
Semiannual Progress Report
December 31, 1998

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1_VANADIUM ALLOYS

1. TENSILE PROPERTIES OF 832665 AND 832864 HEATS OF V-4Cr-4Ti ALLOYS AT HIGH TEMPERATURES - H. Tsai, L. J. Nowicki, T. S. Bray, M. C. Billone, and D. L. Smith (Argonne National Laboratory), pp. 3-6.
2. BIAXIAL THERMAL CREEP OF V-4Cr-4Ti AT 700°C AND 800°C - R. J. Kurtz and M. L. Hamilton (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), pp. 7-16.
3. IMPACT PROPERTIES OF GA’S 832864 HEAT OF V-4Cr-4Ti ALLOY AFTER EXPOSURE IN THE JFT-2M TOKAMAK - H. Tsai (Argonne National Laboratory), W. R. Johnson, P. W. Trester (General Atomics), S. Sengoku (Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute), pp. 17-20.
4. TENSILE PROPERTIES OF V-Cr-Ti ALLOYS AFTER EXPOSURE IN HYDROGEN CONTAINING ENVIRONMENTS - K. Natesan and W. K. Soppet (Argonne National Laboratory), pp. 21-24.
5. TENSILE AND IMPACT PROPERTIES OF A V-3.1 Ti-0.5Si ALLOY AFTER IRRADIATION IN THE FAST FLUX TEST FACILITY - H. Tsai, L. J. Nowicki, T. S. Bray, M. C. Billone, and D. L. Smith (Argonne National Laboratory), pp. 25-31.
6. EFFECT OF IRRADIATION ON TOUGHNESS-TEMPERATURE CURVES IN V-4Cr-4Ti - E. Donahue, G. R. Odette, G. E. Lucas, And J. W. Sheckherd (University Of California, Santa Barbara), and A. F. Rowcliffe (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 32-41.
7. MICROSTRUCTURAL INHOMOGENEITIES IN V-4Cr-4Ti MECHANICAL PROPERTY SPECIMENS PREPARED FOR IRRADIATION EXPERIMENTS IN HFBR, BOR-60, AND HFIR - A. F. Rowcliffe and D. T. Hoelzer (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 42-58.
8. STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF TFOXYCARBONITRIDES IN V-Cr-Ti BASED ALLOYS - D. T. Hoelzer (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 59-63.
9. LASER-WELDED V-Cr-Ti ALLOYS: MICROSTRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES - K. Natesan, C. B. Reed, Z. Xu, and D. L. Smith (Argonne National Laboratory), pp. 64-68.
10. DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY INSULATING CaO COATINGS - K. Natesan, M. Uz, and S. Wieder (Argonne National Laboratory), pp. 69-72.

2_SILICON CARBIDE COMPOSITE MATERIALS

1. SiC FIBER EVALUATIONS - G. E. Youngblood and R. H. Jones (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), pp. 75-80.
2. FABRICATION OF SiC/SiC COMPOSITES USING ADVANCED FIBERS - N. L. Vaughn, L. L. Snead, R. A. Lowden (Oak Ridge National Laboratory); A. Kohyama and Y. Katoh (Kyoto University); J. L. Bailey, J. J. Henry, and A. M. Williams (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 81-86.
3. METHODS FOR JOINING SILICON CARBIDE COMPOSITES FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE STRUCTURAL APPLICATIONS - C. A. Lewinsohn and R. H. Jones (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), M. Slngh (NASA Lewis Research Center), T. Shibayama (Hokkaido University), T. Hinoki, M. Ando, Y. Katoh, and A. Kohyama (Kyoto University), pp. 87-92
4. DOSE RATE DEPENDENCE OF THE AMORPHIZATION OF SILICON CARBIDE - L. L. Snead, S. J. Zinkle, W. S. Fatherly, D. K. Hensley, N. L. Vaughn, J. W. Jones (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 93-99.
5. INTERPHASE INTEGRITY OF NEUTRON IRRADIATED SILICON CARBIDE COMPOSITES - L. L. Snead and E. Lara-Curzio (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 100-107.

3_FERRITIC/MARTENSITIC STEELS

1. SUMMARY OF IEA WORKSHOP/WORKING GROUP MEETING ON FERRITIC/MARTENSITIC STEELS FOR FUSION - R. L. Klueh (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 111-118
2. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF TWO 7-9Cr FERRITIC/MARTENSITIC STEELS - G .R. Odette, G. E. Lucas, and P. Spatig (University of California, Santa Barbara), pp. 119-124.
3. EFFECT OF SMALL AMOUNTS OF RHENIUM AND OSMIUM ON MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF A 9Cr-2W-0.25V-0.07Ta-0.1 C Steel - R. L. Klueh, D, J. Alexander, and M. A. Sokolov (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 125-135.
4. SHEAR PUNCH TESTING OF IRRADIATED ISOTOPICALLY TAILORED FERRITIC/MARTENSITIC STEELS - M. L. Hamilton, D. S. Genes (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, S. Ohnuki (Hokkaido University), K. Shiba (JAERI), Y. Kohno (University of Tokyo), and A. Kohyama (Kyoto University), pp. 136-142.

4_MICROSTRUCTURAL EXAMINATION OF IRRADIATED ISOTOPICALLY TAILORED

1. FERRITIC/MARTENSITIC STEELS FOLLOWING SHEAR PUNCH TESTING - D. S. Genes (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), S. Ohnuki (Hokkaido University), K. Shiba (JAERI), Y. Kohno (University of Tokyo), A. Kohyama (Kyoto University), J. P. Robertson (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), and M. L. Hamilton (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), pp. 143-150

5_HYDROGEN PRODUCTION EFFECT ON MICROSTRUCTURE OF HFIR-IRRADIATED

1. LOW-ACTIVATION F82H STEEL USING ‘Fe ISOTOPE - E. Wakai (Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute), N. Hashimoto (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), K. Shiba and Y. Miwa (JAERI), and J. P. Robertson and R. L. Klueh (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 151-160
2. SWELLING OF THE HFIR-IRRADIATED F82H, F82H+ ¹⁰B AND F82H+ ⁵⁸Ni STEELS - E. Wakai (Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute), N. Hashimoto (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), K. Shiba, and Y. Miwa (JAERI), and J. P. Robertson and R. L. Klueh (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 161-169.
3. MICROSTRUCTURE OF ISOTONICALLY-TAILORED F82H AND HT9 IRRADIATED AT 400°C IN HFIR - N. Hashimoto, J. P. Robertson, A. F. Rowcliffe (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Y. Miwa and K. Shiba (Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute), pp. 170-174.
4. SWELLING OF F82H IRRADIATED AT 673 K TO 7 dpa in HFIR - Y. Miwa, E. Wakai, K. Shiba (Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute), N. Hashimoto, J. P. Robertson, and A. F. Rowcliffe (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 175-182.

6_COPPER ALLOYS AND HIGH HEAT FLUX MATERIALS

TEMPERATURE AND STRAIN RATE EFFECTS IN SOLUTION ANNEALED CuCrZr - D. J. Edwards (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), pp. 185-193.

7_AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEELS

• MICROSTRUCTURAL EVOLUTION OF COLD-WORKED AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEELS IRRADIATED TO 17 dpa IN SPECTRALLY TAILORED EXPERIMENTS OF THE ORR AND HFIR AT 400°C - E. Wakai (Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute), N. Hashimoto and J. P. Robertson (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), and T. Sawai and A. Hishinuma (JAERI) 197-201.

8_INSULATING CERAMICS AND OPTICAL MATERIALS

1. EFFECT OF LOW TEMPERATURE ION IRRADIATION ON THE MICROSTRUCTURE OF NITRIDE CERAMICS - S. J. Zinkle, L. L. Snead, W. S. Eatherly, J. W. Jones, and D. K. Hensley (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 205-211.
2. PHONON SCATTERING RATE AND THERMAL CONDUCTIVlTY REDUCTION DUE TO DISLOCATION LOOPS IN ALUMINA - D. P. White (Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Merrimack College) 212-218.

9_RADIATION EFFECTS, MECHANISTIC STUDIES, AND EXPERIMENTAL METHODS

1. DEVELOPMENT OF SUPERPOSITION RULES FOR HARDENING IN ALLOYS CONTAINING MULTIPLE DEFECT POPULATIONS - G. R. Odette, G. E. Lucas, G. Tedeski, and B. D. Wirth (University of California, Santa Barbara), pp. 221-226.
2. MECHANISMS OF PLASTIC AND FRACTURE INSTABILITIES OF FUSION STRUCTURAL MATERIALS - N. M. Ghoniem (University of California, Santa Barbara), pp. 227-242.
3. EVALUATION OF FRACTURE TOUGHNESS, CONSTRAINTAND SIZE EFFECTS FROM CRITICAL CRACK TIP OPENING MEASUREMENTS USING CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY AND FRACTURE RECONSTRUCTION METHODS - G. R. Odette, G. E. Lucas, K. Edsinger, E. Donahue, and H. Rathbun (University of California, Santa Barbara), pp. 243-251.
4. COMPARISON OF SWELLING AND IRRADIATION CREEP BEHAVIOR OF FCC-AUSTENITIC AND BCC-FERRITIC/MARTENSITIC ALLOYS AT HIGH NEUTRON EXPOSURE - F. A. Garner (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), M. B. Toloczko (Washington State University), and B. H. Sencer (New Mexico Tech), pp. 252-253.
5. PROGRESS ON THE INTEGRATED FOCUS ON FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES - VANADIUM INITIATIVE - H. L. Heinisch (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), pp. 254–258.
6. SIMULATION OF DAMAGE EVOLUTION AND ACCUMULATION IN VANADIUM - E. Alonso, M.-J. Caturla, T. Diaz de la Rubia (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), and J.M. Perlado (lnstituto de Fusion Nuclear), pp. 259-270.
7. KINETIC MONTE CARLO STUDIES OF THE EFFECTS OF ONE-DIMENSIONAL GLIDE ON THE REACTION KINETICS OF INTERSTITIAL CLUSTERS - H. L. Heinisch (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), B. N. Singh (Risø National Laboratory), and S. I. Golubov (Institute of Physics and Power Engineering), pp. 271-274.

10_MATERIALS ENGINEERING AND DESIGN REQUIREMENTS

1. MATERIALS INPUT FOR THE ARIES-ST DESIGN PROGRAM - M. C. Billone (Argonne National Laboratory), pp. 279-281.

11_IRRADIATION FACILITIES, TEST MATRICES, AND EXPERIMENTAL METHODS

1. ACCELERATED HELIUM PRODUCTION IN Fe-54 DOPED ALLOYS - MEASUREMENTS AND CALCULATIONS FOR THE FIST (FERRITIC ISOTOPIC TAILORING) EXPERIMENT - L. R. Greenwood, B. M. Oliver, D. S. Genes (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), S. Ohnuki (Hokkaido University), K. Shiba (JAERI), Y. Kohno (University of Tokyo), A. Kohyama (Kyoto University), and J. P. Robertson (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 285-290.
2. MODULATED-BEAM MASS SPECTROMETRY SYSTEM FOR THE DETERMINATION OF LOW LEVELS OF HYDROGEN IN IRRADIATED MATERIALS - B. M. Oliver, J. A. Abrefah, F. A. Garner (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), and A. Kumar (University of Missouri, Rolls), pp. 291-295.
3. CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE FUSION-2 EXPERIMENT FOR IRRADIATION TESTING OF VANADIUM ALLOYS IN A LITHIUM ENVIRONMENT AT 500-700°C IN THE BOR-60 REACTOR - V. Kazakov, V. Chakin, V. Efimov, V. Petukhov, A. Tuktabiev, P. Gabiev (Research Institute of Atomic Reactors), H. Tsai, T. S. Bray, D. L. Smith (Argonne National Laboratory), and A. Rowcliffe (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 296-301.
4. PROGRESS REPORT ON THE OPERATION OF THE VARYING TEMPERATURE EXPERIMENT (HFIR-MFE-RB-I 3J) - A. L. Qualls (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) and T. Muroga (National Institute for Fusion Science), pp. 302-306.
5. OPERATING HISTORY OF THE HFIR-MFE-RB-11J AND -12J (P3-2 AND P3-3) EXPERIMENTS - K. E. Lenox and M. L. Grossbeck (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 307-323.
6. AS-BUILT CONDITION AND OPERATING HISTORY OF THE U.S./JAERI HFIR MFE-RB-1 OJ CAPSULE - K. E. Lenox and J. P. Robertson (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 324-333.
7. STATUS OF DOE/JAERI COLLABORATIVE PROGRAM PHASE II AND PHASE III CAPSULES - J. P. Robertson, K.E. Lenox (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), and Y. Miwa (Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute), pp. 334-336.
8. SCHEDULE AND STATUS OF IRRADIATION EXPERIMENTS - A. F. Rowcliffe and J. P. Robertson (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 337-344.
9. PROGRESS REPORT ON THE TRIST-TC1 EXPERIMENT - A. L. Quails, L. L. Snead, S. J. Zinkle, W. S. Eatherly, R.G. Sitterson, and D.W. Sparks (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), R. Yamada (Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute), and Y. Katoh (Kyoto University, Institute of Advanced Energy), pp. 345-350