DOE/ER-0313/40 - Volume 40
Semiannual Progress Report
June 30, 2006

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1_VANADIUM ALLOYS

1. PROGRESS IN CONSTRUCTION OF A V-4CR-4TI THERMALCONVECTION LOOP AND TEST FACILITY—B. A. Pint, S. J. Pawel, and J. L. Moser (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 2-5.

2_CERAMIC COMPOSITE MATERIALS

1. IRRADIATION CREEP OF CHEMICALLY VAPOR DEPOSITED SILICON CARBIDE AS ESTIMATED BY BEND STRESS RELAXATION METHOD—Y. Katoh, L. L. Snead, S. Kondo (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), T. Hinoki, A. Kohyama (Kyoto University), pp. 7-15.

3_FERRITIC/MARTENSITIC STEELS

1. EVALUATION OF FRACTURE TOUGHNESS MASTER CURVE SHIFT OF JMTR IRRADIATED F82H USING SMALL SPECIMENS—T. Yamamoto, G. R. Odette, D. Gragg, W. J. Yang (University of California, Santa Barbara), H. Kurishita, H. Matsui, M. Narui, M. Yamazaki (Tohoku University, Japan), pp. 17-24.
2. EFFECTS OF CONSOLIDATION TEMPERATURE, STRENGTH AND MICROSTRUCTURE ON FRACTURE TOUGHNESS OF NANOSTRUCTURED FERRITIC ALLOYS—P. Miao, G. R. Odette, T. Yamamoto (University of California, Santa Barbara), M. Alinger (University of California, Santa Barbara, University of California, Berkeley), D. Hoelzer (Oak Rid(University of California, Santa Barbara), pp. 25-29.
3. THE MICROSTRUCTURE AND STRENGTH PROPERTIES OF MA957 NANOSTRUCTURED FERRITIC ALLOY JOINTS PRODUCED BY FRICTION STIR AND ELECTRO-SPARK DEPOSITION WELDING—P. Miao, G. R. Odette (University of California, Santa Barbara), J. Gould, J. Bernath (Edison Welding Institute), R. Miller (DDL-OMNI), M. Alinger (University of California, Santa Barbara, University of California, Berkeley) and C. Zanis (DDL-OMNI), pp. 30-35.
4. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF NEUTRON-IRRADIATED NICKEL CONTAINING MARTENSITIC STEELS: I. EXPERIMENTAL STUDY—R. L. Klueh, N. Hashimoto, and M. A. Sokolov (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), K. Shiba and S. Jitsukawa (Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute), pp. 36-52.
5. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF NEUTRON-IRRADIATED NICKEL CONTAINING MARTENSITIC STEELS: II. REVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF HELIUM-EFFECTS STUDIES—R. L. Klueh, N. Hashimoto, M. A. Sokolov, and P. J. Maziasz (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), K. Shiba and S. Jitsukawa (Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute), pp. 53-68.
6. ON THE RELATION BETWEEN IRRADIATION INDUCED CHANGES IN THE MASTER CURVE REFERENCE TEMPERATURE SHIFT AND CHANGES IN STRAIN HARDENED FLOW STRESS—G. R. Odette, M. Y. He, and T. Yamamoto (University of California, Santa Barbara), pp. 69-73.
7. ON THE INTRINSIC INITIATION AND ARREST CLEAVAGE FRACTURE TOUGHNESS OF FERRITE—M. L. Hribernik, G. R. Odette, and M. Y. He (University of California, Santa Barbara), pp. 74-79.
8. SWELLING AND MICROSTRUCTURE OF PURE FE AND Fe-Cr ALLOYS AFTER NEUTRON IRRADIATION TO -26 DP AT 400°C–Yu V. Konobeev, A. „M. Dvoriashin, S. I. Porollo (The Institute of Physics and Power Engineering, Russia), F. A. Garner (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), pp. 80-85.

4_COPPER ALLOYS

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5_REFRACTORY METALS AND ALLOYS

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6_AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEELS

1. THE MECHANISM OF STRESS INFLUENCE ON SWELLING OF 20% COLD WORKED 16Cr15Ni2MoTiMnSi STEEL—I. A. Portnykh, A. V. Kozlov, V. L. Panchenko (FSUE Institute of Nuclear Materials), V. M. Chernov (A. A. Bochvar Institute of Inorganic Materials), and F. A. Garner (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), pp. 89-94.
2. THE INFLUENCE OF COLD−WORK LEVEL ON THE IRRADIATION CREEP AND SWELLING OF AISI 316 STAINLESS STEEL IRRADIATED AS PRESSURIZED TUBES IN THE EBR-II FAST REACTOR—E. R. Gilbert and F. A. Garner (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), pp. 95-103.
3. RECENT EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS ON NEUTRON-INDUCED VOID SWELLING OF AISI 304 STAINLESS STEEL CONCERNING ITS INTERACTIVE DEPENDENCE ON TEMPERATURE AND DISPLACEMENT RATE—F. A. Garner (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), B. J. Makenas (Fluor Hanford Company), pp. 104-114.

7_MHD INSULATORS, INSULATING CERAMICS AND OPTICAL MATERIALS

1. INVESTIGATION OF Pb-Li COMPATIBILITY FOR THE DUALCOOLANT TEST BLANKET MODULE—B. A. Pint and J. L. Moser (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 116-119.

8_BREEDING MATERIALS

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9_RADIATION EFFECTS, MECHANISTIC STUDIES, AND EXPERIMENTAL METHODS

1. MODELLING THERMODYNAMICS OF ALLOYS FOR FUSION APPLICATION—A. Caro, M. Caro, J. Marian (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), E. Lopasso, (Centro Atomico Bariloche, Argentina), and D. Crowson (Virginia Polytechnic Institute) pp. 122-127.
2. THERMAL HELIUM DESORPTION OF HELIUM-IMPLANTED IRON—D. Xu, T. Bus, S. C. Glade, and B. D. Wirth (University of California, Berkeley), pp. 128-139.
3. HELIUM IN IRRADIATED IRON: A MULTI-SCALE STUDY—T. Seletskaia, Yu. N. Osetsky, R. E. Stoller, and G. M. Stocks (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 140-146.
4. MODELING THE INTERACTION OF HELIUM WITH DISLOCATIONS AND GRAIN BOUNDARIES IN ALPHA-IRON—H. L. Heinisch, F. Gao, and R. J. Kurtz (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), pp. 147-153.

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 OF FUSION MATERIALS IN THE BR2 REACTOR: THE FRISCO-F EXPERIMENT—E. Lucon (SCK•CEN) and M. A. Sokolov (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 157-173.