DOE/ER-0313/44 - Volume 44
Semiannual Progress Report
June 30, 2008

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• Table of Contents with Summaries (PDF)

1_VANADIUM ALLOYS

1. 1.1 COMPRESSION TESTING OF V-4Cr-4Ti - M. B. Toloczko, R. M. Ermi, D. S. Gelles, R. J. Kurtz (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), pp. 1-9.
2. 1.2 ADDITIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF V-4Cr-4Ti AND MHD COATINGS EXPOSED TO FLOWING Li – B. A. Pint (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 10-13.

2_CERAMIC COMPOSITE MATERIALS

1. 2.1 MECHANICAL, THERMAL, AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF NUCLEAR-GRADE SILICON CARBIDE COMPOSITES – R. Shinavski (Hyper-Therm HTC, Inc.), Y. Katoh and L. Snead (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 14-18.
2. 2.2 MICROSTRUCTURAL EXAMINATION OF SiC_F/SiC WOVEN FIBER COMPOSITES – D. S. Gelles and G. E. Youngblood (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)*, pp. 19-25.
3. 2.3 DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF SILICON CARBIDE JOINTS FOR APPLICATIONS IN RADIATION ENVIRONMENT —Y. Katoh (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), T. Hinoki, H.C. Jung, J.S. Park, and S. Konishi (Kyoto University), and M. Ferraris (Politecnico di Torino), pp. 26-32.
4. 2.4 CONCENTRIC RING ON RING TEST FOR UNIRRADIATED AND IRRADIATED MINIATURE SIC SPECIMENS - S. Kondo, Y. Katoh, and L.L. Snead (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 33-40.

3_FERRITIC/MARTENSITIC STEELS

1. 3.1 A COMPARISON OF CAVITY FORMATION IN NEUTRON IRRADIATED NANOSTRUCTURED FERRITIC ALLOYS AND TEMPERED MARTENSITIC STEELS AT HIGH HE/DPA RATIO – G.R. Odette, P. Miao, T. Yamamoto (Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California Santa Barbara), D. J. Edwards, R Kurtz (Materials Science Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) and H. Tanagawa (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), pp. 41-43.
2. 3.2 HELIUM EFFECTS ON MICROSTRUCTURAL EVOLUTION IN TEMPERED MARTENSITIC STEELS: IN SITU HELIUM IMPLANTER STUDIES IN HFIR – T. Yamamoto, G. R. Odette and P. Miao (Mechanical Engineering Department and Materials Department, University of California, Santa Barbara), D. J. Edwards and R. J. Kurtz (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), pp. 44-52.
3. 3.3 THE MICROSTRUCTURAL STABILITY OF A RUPTURED THERMAL CREEP SPECIMEN OF MA957 – D.T. Hoelzer, J.P. Shingledecker, R.L. Klueh, M.K. Miller, and J. Bentley (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 53-61.
4. 3.4 ON THE STATIC AND CREEP STRENGTH OF MA957 FROM ROOM TEMPERATURE TO 1000ºC – M.C. Salston and G.R. Odette (Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara). pp. 62-66.
5. 3.5 COMPATIBILITY OF MATERIALS EXPOSED TO ISOTHERMAL Pb-Li – B. A. Pint (Oak Ridge NationalLaboratory, USA), pp. 67-71.

4_COPPER ALLOYS

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5_REFRACTORY METALS AND ALLOYS

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6_AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEELS

1. 6.1 SEVERE EMBRITTLEMENT OF NEUTRON IRRADIATED AUSTENITIC STEELS ARISING FROM HIGH VOID SWELLING – V. S. Neustroev (Research Institute of Atomic Reactors, Dimitrovgrad, Russia) and F. A. Garner (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland WA USA), pp. 72-79.
2. 6.2 UNUSUAL ENHANCEMENT OF DUCTILITY OBSERVED DURING EVOLUTION OF A DEFORMATION WAVE IN 12Cr18Ni10Ti STAINLESS STEEL IRRADIATED IN BN-350 – M. N. Gusev, N. S. Silniagina, I. S. Osipov, O. P. Maksimkin (Institute of Nuclear Physics, Almaty, Kazakhstan) and F. A. Garner (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland WA USA), pp. 80-87.

7_MHD INSULATORS, INSULATING CERAMICS AND OPTICAL MATERIALS

• See Contribution 1.2.

8_BREEDING MATERIALS

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9_RADIATION EFFECTS, MECHANISTIC STUDIES, AND EXPERIMENTAL METHODS
(See also 2.3 and 2.4 related to test methods)

1. 9.1 MACROSCOPIC DEFORMATION MODES AND STRESS PARAMETERS IN METALLIC MATERIALS AFTER LOW TEMPERATURE IRRADIATION – T. S. Byun and K. Farrell (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) and M. Li (Argonne National Laboratory), pp. 88-108.
2. 9.2 DISSOCIATION OF MIGRATING PARTICLES FROM TRAPS WITH A LONG-RANGE INTERACTION FIELD - A.V. Barashev (The University of Liverpool), S.I. Golubov (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, University of Tennessee), Yu.N. Osetsky and R.E. Stoller (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 109-121.
3. 9.3 ATOMISTIC STUDIES OF PROPERTIES OF HELIUM IN BCC IRON USING THE NEW HE-FE POTENTIAL - David M. Stewart, Stanislav Golubov (Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee), Yuri Ostesky, Roger E. Stoller, Tatiana Seletskaia, and Paul Kamenski (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 122-126.

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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