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The Effect of Low Dose-Rate Irradiation on the Microstructure of 304 Stainless Steel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

J. I. Cole  and
T. R. Allen
J. I. Cole
Affiliation:
Argonne National Laboratory-West, PO Box 2528, Idaho Falls, ID 83403-2528
T. R. Allen
Affiliation:
Argonne National Laboratory-West, PO Box 2528, Idaho Falls, ID 83403-2528
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Abstract

Changes in mechanical and corrosion properties caused by the development of radiation-induced microstructures have relevance to the aging and lifetime extension of light water reactors (LWR‘s). However, much of the current data related to microstructural development in irradiated metals are generated from studies carried out at much higher dose-rates than encountered in LWR‘s. An opportunity exists to study the influence of low dose-rate irradiation on microstructural development for a variety of structural and surveillance materials extracted from the experimental breeder reactor EBR-lI. In this study, irradiated 304 stainless steel hexagonal “hex” duct material is examined in order to compare microstructures in the dose-rate range of 10−7 - 10−9 dpa/sec. The samples, taken from the reflector locations in EBR-II, experienced a total dose between 10 and 12 dpa at a temperature of ∼375 °C. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) analysis reveals that there is a moderate dose-rate effect on microstructural development for samples irradiated in the range of 2 × 10−8 to 4 × 10−8. dpa/sec, however a substantial dose-rate effect exists between dose-rates of 2 × 10−8 and 1 × 10−9 dpa/sec Results detail the development of the microstructure in terms of radiation-induced cavities, dislocations, and precipitates.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 540: Symposium N / Microstructural Processes in Irradiated Materials , 1998 , 433
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1999

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