Fusion Materials Volume 29
Semiannual Progress Report for Period Ending December 31, 2000
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VANADIUM ALLOYS

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. 3-8

Development and Characterization of Electrically Insulating CaO Coatings
K. Natesan, M. Uz, D. L. Rink, and D. L. Smith (Argonne National Laboratory, pp. 9-18

Structural Analysis of Plate-Shaped Precipitates in Neutron Irradiated V-4Cr-4Ti
D. T. Hoelzer and S. J. Zinkle (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 19-25

Helium Analysis from the DHCE-1 Simulation Experiment
D. L. Smith (Argonne National Laboratory), pp. 26-33

Quantitative Oxygen Analyses for V-4Cr-4Ti Alloy
Y. Yan, D. P. McGann, D. L. Smith, and H. Tsai (Argonne National Laboratory), pp.34-36

Uniaxial Creep Behavior of V-4Cr-4Ti Alloy
K. Natesan, W. K. Soppet, and D. L. Rink (Argonne National Laboratory), pp. 37-40

Characterization and Impact Properties of V-4Cr-4Ti Laser Weldments
Y. Yan, D. L. Smith, Z. Xu, and H. Tsai (Argonne National Laboratory) and T. Nagasaka and T. Muroga (National Institute of Fusion Science, Japan), pp. 41-44

Microstructural Examination of Irradiated V-4Cr-4Ti Laser Weldments Pressurized Creep Tubes
D. S. Gelles (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), pp. 45-49

Impact Properties of V-4Cr-4Ti Laser Weldments from the GA's Heat
Y. Yan, H. Tsai, A. D. Storey, D. L. Smith, and Z. Xu (Argonne National Laboratory), pp. 50-53

Summary Report on the US/Japan Jupiter Collaboration Integrated Focus on Fundamental Studies - Vanadium Initiative - H.L. Heinisch (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory * ) and N. Sekimura (University of Tokyo), pp. 55-61

 
SILICON CARBIDE COMPOSITE MATERIALS

Effect of Heat Treatment on Silicon Carbide Based Joining Materials fro Fusion Energy
C. A. Lewisohn and R. H. Jones (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), T. Nozawa, M. Kotani, H. Kishimoto, Y. Katoh, and A. Kohyama (Kyoto University, Japan), pp. 63-68

Mechanical Properties of Helium Implanted Silicon Carbide
L. L. Snead (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), R. Scholz (JRC Ispra), A. Frias Rebelo (unknown), pp. 69-73

Tensile Testing of Unidirectional Silicon Carbide Composites for Future Irradiation Experiments
T. Hinoki (Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University), L. L. Snead, E. Lara-Curzio (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Y. Katoh, and A. Kohyama (Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University), pp. 74-84

FERRITIC MARTENSITIC STEELS

Summary of IEA Workshop/Working Group Meeting on Ferritic/Martenistic Steels for Fusion
R. L. Klueh (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp.86-92

Recent Results for the Ferritics Isotopic Tailoring (FIST) Experiment
D. S. Gelles, M. L. Hamilton, B. M. Oliver, and L. R. Greenwood (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), S. Ohnuki (University of Hokkaido, Japan), K. Shiba (JAERI Tokai, Japan), Y. Kohno (Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan), A. Kohyama (Kyoto University, Japan), and J. P. Robertson (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 93-102

Shear Punch Properties of Low Activation Ferritic Steels Following Irradiation in ORR
R. M. Ermi, M. L. Hamilton, and D. S. Gelles (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) and A. M. Ermi (COGEMA Engineering Corporation, Richland, WA), pp. 103-106

Long-Term High Temperature Oxidation Behavior of ODS Ferritics
B. A. Pint (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 107-113

BCC REFRACTORY METALS AND ALLOYS

Improvements in the Ductility of MolybdenumWeldments by Alloying Additions of Zr, B and C
M. K. Miller, E. A. Kenik, K. F. Russell (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) and A. J. Bryhan (Applied Materials, Santa Clara, CA), pp. 116-121

AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEELS

Void Swelling at Low Displacement Rates in Annealed X18H10T Stainless Steel at 4 to 56 dpa and 280-332°C
F. A. Garner (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), S. I. Porollo, A. N. Vorobjev, Yu V. Konobeev, and A. M. Dvoriashin (Institute of Physics and Power Engineering, Russia), pp. 123-134

INSULATING CERAMICS AND OPTICAL MATERIALS

Microstructure of Swift Heavy Ion Irradiated SiC, Si3N4 and AIN
S. J. Zinkle, J. W. Jones (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) and V. A. Skuratov (Fierov Laboratory, Dubna, RF), pp. 136-142

RADIATION EFFECTS, MECHANISTIC STUDIES, AND EXPERIMENTAL METHOD

The Influence of PKA Direction on Displacement Cascade Evolution
Roger E. Stoller (Oak Ridge Naitonal Laboratory), pp. 145-147

The Effect of Test Machine Compliance on the Measured Shear Punch Yield Stress as Predicted using Finite Element Analysis
Mychailo B. Toloczko (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), Katsunori Abe (Tohoku University, Japan), Margaret L. Hamilton, Frank A. Garner, and Richard J. Kurtz (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), pp. 148-159

Correlation of Nanoindentation and Conventional Mechanical Property Measurements
P. M. Rice (IBM Almaden Research Center) and R. E. Stoller (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), pp. 160-161

Effect of Periodic Temperature Variations on the Microstructure of Neutron-Irradiated Metals
S. J. Zinkle, N. Hashimoto, D. T. Hoelzer, A. L. Qualls (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) and T. Muroga (National Institute for Fusion Science), pp. 162-167

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