DOE/ER-0313/27 - Volume 27
Semiannual Progress Report
December 31, 1999

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1_VANADIUM ALLOYS

1. A GENERALIZED CONSTITUTIVE MODEL FOR A V-4 Cr-4Ti ALLOY - E. Donahue, G. R. Odette, G. E. Lucas (University of California), pp. 3-8.
2. ON THE MECHANISMS AND MECHANICS OF FRACTURE IN A V-4CR-4TI ALLOY: MODELING THE EFFECTS OF IRRADIATION, LOADING RATE AND SPECIMEN CONFIGURATION ON TOUGHNESS-TEMPERATURE CURVES - E.G. Donahue, G.R. Odette, G.E. Lucas (University of California, Santa Barbara), pp. 9-16.
3. UNIAXIAL CREEP BEHAVIOR OF V-4 Cr-4Ti ALLOY - K. Natesan, W. K. Soppet, and D. L. Rink (Argonne National Laboratory), pp. 17-22.
4. MICROSTRUCTURAL EXAMINATION ON V-4 Cr-4Ti RODS AND CREEP TUBES - Y. Yan, H. Tsai, and D. L. Smith (Argonne National Laboratory), pp. 23-31.
5. EFFECT OF OXYGEN ON THE CRACK GROWTH BEHAVIOR OF V-4Cr-4Ti at 600°C - R. J. Kurtz (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), pp. 32-39.
6. OXIDATION OF V-4 Cr-4Ti AT LOW PRESSURES - B. A. Pint, J. R. DiStefano, J. Bentley, and L. D. Chitwood (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 40-44.
7. OXIDATION OF V-4 Cr-4Ti ALLOYS CONTAINING Al, Si, and Y - M. Fujiwara (Tohoku University) and K. Natesan (Argonne National Laboratory), pp. 45-48.
8. STUDY OF THE LONG-TERM STABILITY OF MHD COATINGS FOR FUSION REACTOR APPLICATIONS - B. A. Pint, L. D. Chitwood, J. H. DeVan, and J. R. DiStefano (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 49-50.
9. ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY AND MICROHARDNESS MEASUREMENTS OF VANADIUM AND V-4Cr-Tl ALLOY - D. T. Hoelzer, S. J. Zinkle, and A. F. Rowcliffe (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), and M. K. West (University of Tennessee), pp. 51-55.
10. RESISTANCE WELDING OF V-4Cr-4Ti ALLOY - Z. Xu, D. L. Smith, and C. B. Reed (Argonne National Laboratory), pp. 56-61.
11. HYDROGEN SOLUBILITY IN VANADIUM ALLOYS, LiCa ALLOYS, and SnLi ALLOYS - D. L. Smith (Argonne National Laboratory), R. E. Buxbaum (REB Research), and C. B. Reed (Argonne National Laboratory), pp. 62-64.
12. STUDY OF IRRADIATION CREEP OF VANADIUM ALLOYS - H. Tsai, R. V. Strain, M. C. Billone, T. S. Bray, and D. L. Smith (Argonne National Laboratory), M. L. Grossbeck (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), K. Fukumoto and H. Matsui (Tohoku University), pp. 65-69.
13. TENSILE PROPERTIES OF V-(Cr,Fe)-Ti ALLOYS AFTER IRRADIATION IN THE HFIR-12J EXPERIMENT - K. Fukumoto, H. Matsui (lMR/Tohoku University), Y. Yan, H. Tsai, R. V. Strain, and D. L. Smith (Argonne National Laboratory), pp. 70-75.
14. EFFECT OF LOW TEMPERATURE IRRADIATION IN ATR ON THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF TERNARY V-Cr-Ti ALLOYS - M. L. Hamilton, M. B. Toloczko, B. M. Oliver, and F. A. Gamer (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), pp. 76-95.
15. EFFECT OF STRAIN RATE ON THE TENSILE PROPERTIES OF UNIRRADIATED AND IRRADIATED V-4 Cr-4Ti - A. F. Rowcliffe, S. J. Zinkle, and D. T. Hoelzer (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 96.
16. SOLUTE INTERACTIONS IN PURE VANADIUM AND V-4 Cr-4Ti ALLOY - D. T. Hoelzer, S. J. Zinkle, and A. F. Rowcliffe (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 97.
17. EFFECTS OF OXYGEN AND HYDROGEN AT LOW PRESSURE ON THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF V-Cr-Ti ALLOYS - J. R. DiStefano, B. A. Pint, J. H. DeVan (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), H. D. Röhrig (Projektleitung Kernfusion, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe), and L. D. Chitwood (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 98.
18. THE EFFECT OF LASER WELDING PROCESS PARAMETERS ON THE MECHANICAL AND MICROSTRUCTURAL PROPERTIES OF V-4 Cr-4Ti STRUCTURAL MATERIALS - C. B. Reed, K. Natesan, Z. Xu, and D. L. Smith (Argonne National Laboratory), pp. 99-102.
19. PERFORMANCE OF V-Cr-Ti ALLOYS IN A HYDROGEN ENVIRONMENT - K. Natesan and W. K. Soppet (Argonne National Laboratory), pp. 103-104.
20. DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY INSULATING COATINGS FOR SERVICE IN A LITHIUM ENVIRONMENT - K. Natesan, M. Uz, and S. Wieder (Argonne National Laboratory), pp. 105-106.
21. BIAXIAL THERMAL CREEP OF V-4 Cr-4Ti AT 700°C AND 800°C - R. J. Kurtz and M. L. Hamilton (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), pp. 107-110.

2_SILICON CARBIDE COMPOSITE MATERIALS

1. THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SiC AND C FIBERS - G. E. Youngblood and D. J. Senor (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), W. Kowbel and J. Webb (MER Corporation), and Akira Kohyama (Kyoto University), pp. 113-118.
2. REACTION-BASED SiC MATERIALS FOR JOINING SILICON CARBIDE COMPOSITES FOR FUSION ENERGY - C. A. Lewinsohn and R. H. Jones (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), M. Singh (NASA Glenn Research Center), H. Serizawa (Osaka University), and Y. Katoh and A. Kohyama (Kyoto University), pp. 119-127.
3. EVALUATION OF NEUTRON IRRADIATED NEAR-STOICHIOMETRIC SILICON CARBIDE FIBER COMPOSITES - L. L. Snead (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Y. Katoh and A. Kohyama (Kyoto University), and J. L. Bailey, N. L. Vaughn, and R. A. Lowden (ORNL), pp. 128.

3_FERRITIC/MARTENSITIC STEELS

1. A UNIFIED MODEL FOR CLEAVAGE TOUGHNESS IN THE TRANSITION - G. R. Odette (University of California Santa Barbara), pp. 131-139.
2. A POTENTIAL FERRITIC/MARTENSITIC STEEL FOR FUSION APPLICATIONS - R. L. Klueh, N. Hashimoto (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), R. F. Buck (Advanced Steel Technology), and M. A. Sokolov (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 140-148.
3. ON HYDROGEN AND HELIUM EMBRITTLEMENT IN ISOTOPIC TAILORING EXPERIMENTS - D. S. Genes, M. L. Hamilton, B. M. Oliver, and L. R. Greenwood (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), pp. 149-153.
4. EMBRITTLEMENT OF REDUCED-ACTIVATION FERRITIC/MARTENSITIC STEELS IRRADIATED IN HFIR AT 300 AND 400°C - R. L. Klueh, M. A. Sokolov (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), K. Shiba, and Y. Miwa (Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute), pp. 154.
5. A MICROSTRUCTURAL STUDY OF THE OXIDE SCALE FORMATION ON ODS Fe-13Cr STEEL - D. T. Hoelzer, B. A. Pint, and I. G. Wright (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 155.
6. IMPURITY CONTENT OF REDUCED-ACTIVATION FERRITIC STEELS AND THE EFFECT ON THE REDUCED-ACTIVATION CHARACTERISTICS - R. L. Klueh (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, E. T. Cheng (TSl Research, Inc.), M. L. Grossbeck, and E. E. Bloom (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 156.
7. EFFECT OF HELIUM PRODUCTION ON SWELLING OF F82H IRRADIATED IN HFIR - E. Wakai (Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute), N. Hashimoto, J. P. Robertson and R. L. Klueh (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), and S. Jitsukawa (Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute), pp. 157.
8. SWELLING OF F82H IRRADIATED AT 673 K UP TO 51 DPA IN HFIR - Y. Miwa, E. Wakai, K. Shiba (Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute), J. P. Robertson, A. F. Rowcliffe (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), and A. Hishinuma (JAERI), pp. 158.
9. DAMAGE STRUCTURE OF ISOTOPICALLY TAILORED HT9 STEELS IRRADIATED AT 400°C IN THE HFIR - N. Hashimoto, J. P. Robertson (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), and S. Jitsukawa (Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute), pp. 159.

4_COPPER ALLOYS AND HIGH HEAT FLUX MATERIALS

1. ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY AND TENSILE PROPERTIES OF COPPER AND OXIDE DISPERSION STRENGTHENED COPPER ALLOYS FOLLOWING HFIR IRRADIATION TO 13 DPA AT 200 AND 400°C - S. J. Zinkle and L. T. Gibson (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 163-174.
2. THERMOPHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES FOR Ta-8%W-2%Hf - S. J. Zinkle (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 175-182.
3. NEUTRON IRRADIATION EFFECTS ON PLASMA-FACING MATERIALS - V. Barabash, G. Federici (ITER Joint Central Team), M. Röedig Forschungszentrum Juelich), L. L. Snead (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), and C. H. Wu (EFDA — Close Support Unit), pp. 183.
4. EFFECT OF HIGH DOSE NEUTRON IRRADIATION ON THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND STRUCTURE OF COPPER ALLOYS AND CU/SS JOINTS FOR ITER APPLICATIONS - S. A. Fabritsiev (D.V. Efremov Scientific Research Institute), A. S. Pokrovsky (Scientific Research institute of Atomic Reactors), D. J. Edwards (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), S. J. Zinkle, and A. F. Rowcliffe (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 184.
5. EFFECT OF IRRADIATION TEMPERATURE ON THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND STRUCTURE OF CU/SS JOINTS IRRADIATED TO LOW DOSES - S. A. Fabritsiev (D.V. Efremov Scientific Research Institute), A. S. Pokrovsky (Scientific Research Institute of Atomic Reactors), D. J. Edwards (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), S. J. Zinkle, and A. F. Rowcliffe (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 185.
6. EFFECT OF NEUTRON DOSE AND IRRADIATION TEMPERATURE ON THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND STRUCTURE OF DISPERSION STRENGTHENED COPPER ALLOYS - A. S. Pokrovsky (Scientific Research institute of Atomic Reactors), S. A. Fabritsiev (D.V. Efremov Scientific Research Institute), D. J. Edwards (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), S. J. Zinkle, and A. F. Rowcliffe (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 186.
7. MICROSTRUCTURES IN Ti-Al INTERMETALLIC COMPOUNDS IRRADIATED AT 673 K IN HFIR - Y. Miwa, T. Sawai, and K. Fukai (Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute), D. T. Hoelzer (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), and A. Hishinuma (JAERI), pp. 187.
8. EFFECTS OF HEAT TREATMENTS ON MICROSTRUCTURE CHANGES IN THE INTERFACE OF CU/SS316L JOINT MATERIALS - Q. Xu and T. Yoshiie (Kyoto University) and D. J. Edwards (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), pp. 188-191.
9. AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEELS TENSILE PROPERTIES AND DAMAGE MICROSTRUCTURES IN ORR/HFIR IRRADIATED AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEELS - E. Wakai and S. Jitsukawa, (Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute), N. Hashimoto (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), T. Sawai (JAERI), J. P. Robertson (ORNL), and A. Hishinuma (JAERI), pp. 195.
10. DEFORMATION MECHANISMS IN 316 STAINLESS STEEL IRRADIATED AT 60 AND 330°C - N. Hashimoto, S. J. Zinkle, A. F. Rowcliffe, J. P. Robertson (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) and S. Jitsukawa (Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute), pp. 196.

5_INSULATING CERAMICS AND OPTICAL MATERIALS

1. IN-SITU THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT OF CERAMICS IN A FAST NEUTRON ENVIRONMENT - L. L. Snead (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), R. Yamada (Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute), K. Noda and Y. Katoh (Kyoto University), S. J. Zinkle, W. S. Eatherly, and A. L. Qualls (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 199.

6_SOLID BREEDING MATERIALS

1. FABRICATION AND PROPERTIES OF A TIN-LITHIUM ALLOY - K. Natesan and W. E. Ruther (Argonne National Laboratory), pp. 203-208.
2. RADIATION EFFECTS, MECHANISTIC STUDIES, AND EXPERIMENTAL METHODS 209 THE EFFECTS OF ONE-DIMENSIONAL GLIDE ON THE REACTION KINETICS OF INTERSTITIAL CLUSTERS - H. L. Heinisch (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), B. N. Singh (RisÆ National Laboratory), and S. 1.Golubov (Institute of Physics and Power Engineering), pp. 211-213.
3. SIMULATING THE INFLUENCE OF RADIATION TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS ON MICROSTRUCTURAL EVOLUTION - Y. Katoh (Kyoto University), R. E. Stoner Oak Ridge National Laboratory), A. Kohyama (Kyoto University), and T. Muroga (National Institute for Fusion Science), pp. 214.
4. COMPARATIVE STUDY OF DAMAGE ACCUMULATION IN IRON UNDER MAGNETIC AND INERTIAL FUSION CONDITIONS - E. Alonso, M. J. Caturla, and T. Diaz de la Rubia (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), N. Soneda (Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry), J- Marian and J. M. Perlado (Instituto de Fusion Nuclear), and R. E. Stoner (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 215.
5. COMPARISON OF A MICROSTRUCTURE EVOLUTION MODEL WITH EXPERIMENTS ON IRRADIATED VANADIUM - S. Sharafat and N. M. Ghoniem (University of California at Los Angeles), pp. 216-217.
6. CLUSTERING THEORY OF ATOMIC DEFECTS - N. M. Ghoniem (University of California at Los Angeles), pp. 218-219.
7. FAST SUM METHOD FOR THE ELASTIC FIELD OF 3-D DISLOCATION ENSEMBLES - N. M. Ghoniem and L. Sun (University of California at Los Angeles), pp. 220-221.
8. DISLOCATION DECORATION WITH NANO-SCALE DEFECT CLUSTER IN IRRADIATED METALS - N. M. Ghoniem, B. N. Singh, L. Z. Sun, and T. Diaz de la Rubia (University of California at Los Angeles), pp. 222-223.
9. PARAMETRIC DISLOCATION DYNAMICS: A THERMODYNAMICS-BASED APPROACH TO INVESTIGATIONS OF MESOSCOPIC PLASTIC DEFORMATION - N. M. Ghoniem, S.- H. Tong, and L. Z. Sun (University of California at Los Angeles), pp. 224-225.
10. INVESTIGATIONS OF RADIATION HARDENING AND PLASTIC INSTABILITY IN FCC METALS - N. M. Ghoniem, L. Z. Sun, B. N. Singh and S.- H. Tong (University of California at Los Angeles), pp. 226-228.
11. 3-D DISLOCATION DYNAMICS STUDY OF PLASTIC INSTABILITY IN IRRADIATED COPPER - L. Sun, N.M. Ghoniem, and B.N. Singh (University of California at Los Angeles), pp. 229-230.

7_DOSIMETRY, DAMAGE PARAMETERS, AND ACTIVATION CALCULATIONS

1. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF A LIBRARY OF MOLECULAR DYNAMICS CASCADE SIMULATIONS IN IRON AT 100 K - R. E. Stoller (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) and A. F. Calder (University of Liverpool), pp. 233-235.
2. ACCELERATED HELIUM AND HYDROGEN PRODUCTION IN 54FE DOPED ALLOYS - MEASUREMENTS AND CALCULATIONS FOR THE FIST EXPERIMENT - L. R. Greenwood and B. M. Oliver (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), S. Ohnuki (Hokkaido University), K. Shiba (Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute), Y. Kohno (University of Tokyo), A. Kohyama (Kyoto University), J. P. Robertson (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), J. W. Meadows (Argonne National Laboratory), and D. S. Genes (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), pp. 236.

8_MATERIALS ENGINEERING AND DESIGN REQUIREMENTS

1. IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY AND RADIATION EFFECTS ON LIFETIME OF THE STRUCTURAL MATERIALS FOR ITER - V. A. Belyakov, S. A. Fabritsiev, and L V. Mazul (D.V. Efremov Scientific and Research Institute of Electrophysical Apparatus), and A. F. Rowcliffe (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 239.

9_IRRADIATION FACILITIES, TEST MATRICES, AND EXPERIMENTAL METHODS

1. ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT OF FUSION-2 EXPERIMENT FOR IRRADIATION TESTING OF VANADIUM ALLOYS IN A LITHIUM ENVIRONMENT AT 450-750"C IN THE BOR-60 REACTOR - V. Kazakov, V. Chakin, V. Efimov, A. Tuktabiev, P. Gabiev (Research Institute of Atomic Reactors), H. Tsai, T. S. Bray, D. L. Smith (Argonne National Laboratory; and A. F. Rowcliffe (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 243-248.
2. HIGH-SENSITIVITY QUADRUPLE MASS SPECTROMETER SYSTEM FOR THE DETERMINATION OF HYDROGEN IN IRRADIATED MATERIALS - B. M. Oliver, F. A. Garner, L. R. Greenwood, and J. A. Abrefah (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), pp. 249.
3. SCHEDULE AND STATUS OF IRRADIATION EXPERIMENTS - A. F. Rowcliffe (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 250-257.