DOE/ER-0313/36 - Volume 36
Semiannual Progress Report
June 30, 2004

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1_VANADIUM ALLOYS

1. FURTHER MICROSTRUCTURAL EXAMINATIONS OF V-4Cr-4Ti PRESSURIZED CREEP TUBES—D. S. Gelles and R. J. Kurtz (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)*. pp. 2-12.
2. ROOM TEMPERATURE COMPRESSION PROPERTIES OF TWO HEATS OF UNIRRADIATED V-4Cr-4Ti—M. B. Toloczko (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)* and R. J. Kurtz (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)*, pp. 13-18.

2_CERAMIC COMPOSITE MATERIALS

1. CHARACTERIZATION OF SILICON CARBIDE COMPOSITES PRODUCED BY POLYMERIMPREGNATION AND HIGH TEMPERATURE PYROLYSIS PROCESS—Y. Katoh and T. Nozawa (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), K. Ozawa and A. Kohyama (Kyoto University), pp. 20-26.
2. A NEW APPROACH TO JOINING SIC/SIC COMPOSITES—C. H. Henager, Jr. (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), pp 27-32.
3. STRENGTH AND ELASTIC MODULUS OF NEUTRON-IRRADIATED CUBIC SILICON CARBIDE—Y. Katoh and L. L. Snead (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 33-43. (Revised) This contribution has been superceded by a corrected version.
4. MODELING THE TRANSVERSE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF 3D-SICF/SIC COMPOSITES—G. E. Youngblood and R. H. Jones (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)* and Reiji Yamada (JAERI, Tokai-mura, JP), pp. 44-51.
5. FAST FRACTURE STRENGTH OF THIN PYROLYTIC CARBON INTERPHASE SILICON CARBIDE COMPOSITES—Y. Katoh, T. Nozawa, and L. L. Snead (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), T. Hinoki and A. Kohyama (Kyoto University, Japan), and W. Yang (National Institute for Materials Science, Japan), pp. 52-57.

3_FERRITIC/MARTENSITIC STEELS

1. OXIDE DISPERSION-STRENGTHENED STEELS: A COMPARISON OF EXPERIMENTAL AND COMMERCIAL STEELS—R. L. Klueh, J. P. Shingledecker, R. W. Swindeman, and D. T. Hoelzer (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 59-71.

4_COPPER ALLOYS

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5_REFRACTORY METALS AND ALLOYS

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6_AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEELS

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7_MHD INSULATORS, INSULATING CERAMICS AND OPTICAL MATERIALS

1. STUDY OF THE LONG-TERM STABILITY OF MULTI-LAYER MHD COATINGS FOR FUSION REACTOR APPLICATIONS—B. A. Pint, P. F. Tortorelli, L. D. Chitwood, and H. M. Meyer (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA) and M. Fujiwara (Tohoku University, Japan), pp. 76-80.
2. EVALUATION OF THE CHEMICAL COMPATIBILITY OF Y2O3 AS AN ELECTRICALLY INSULATING COATING FOR A LIQUID LITHIUM BLANKET—P. F. Tortorelli, B. A. Pint, and T. M. Besmann (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA), pp. 81-83.
3. HIGH DOSE NEUTRON IRRADIATION OF MgAl2O4 SPINEL: EFFECTS OF POST-IRRADIATION THERMAL ANNEALING ON EPR AND OPTICAL ABSORPTION—A. Ibarra (CIEMAT. Inst. Investigación Básica), D. Bravo (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid), F. J. Lopez (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid), and F. A. Garner (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)*, pp. 84-91.

8_BREEDING MATERIALS

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9_RADIATION EFFECTS, MECHANISTIC STUDIES, AND EXPERIMENTAL METHODS

1. MULTISCALE MODELING OF DEFECT GENERATION AND EVOLUTION IN METALLIC ALLOYS FOR FUSION POWER—Jörg Rottler, David J. Srolovitz, and Roberto Car (Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials, Princeton University), pp. 94-97.
2. IN-SITU TEM STUDY ON THE COLLAPSE PROCESS OF SFT DURING PLASTIC DEFORMATION—Y. Matsukawa, Yu. N. Osetsky, R. E. Stoller, and S. J. Zinkle (Oak Ridge Nationa Laboratory), pp. 98-107.
3. VOID HARDENING IN BCC-IRON STUDIED BY ATOMIC-SCALE MODELLING— S. I. Golubov, Yu. N. Osetsky, and R. E. Stoller (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 108-111.
4. THE INTERACTION OF HELIUM ATOMS WITH EDGE DISLOCATIONS IN—a-Fe—H. L. Heinisch, F. Gao, and R. J. Kurtz (Pacific Northwest National, pp. 112-116.

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. IRRADIATION START OF MFE-RB-17J EXPERIMENT—D. K. Felde, A. L. Qualls, K. R. Thoms, D. W. Heatherly, R. G. Sitterson, and R. L. Wallace (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 120-123.
2. ASSEMBLY OF THE US-JAPAN JP-27 EXPERIMENT AND START OF IRRADIATION IN THE HFIR—D. K. Felde, K. R. Thoms, D. W. Heatherly, S. H. Kim, R. G. Sitterson, and R. E. Stoller (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) and H. Tanigawa (Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Tokai, Japan), pp.124-135.