Accession Number:

AD0711321

Title:

IRRADIATION EFFECTS ON REACTOR STRUCTURAL MATERIALS.

Descriptive Note:

Quarterly progress rept. 1 May-31 Jul 70,

Corporate Author:

NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON D C

Personal Author(s):

• Steele,L. W.
• Hawthorne,J. R.
• Serpan,C. Z. , Jr.
• Smidt,F. A. , Jr.

Report Date:

1970-08-15

Pagination or Media Count:

36.0

Abstract:

The report includes 1 assessments of radiation resistant A533-B plate from a controlled composition 30-ton demonstration melt, 2 a study of through-thickness ductility in an irradiated reactor vessel wall, 3 neutron embrittlement in a simulated reactor pressure vessel wall, and 4 fundamental exploration of radiation damage in vanadium. Author

Descriptors:

• (*REACTOR MATERIALS
• DAMAGE)
• (*STEEL
• DAMAGE)
• (*VANADIUM
• DAMAGE)
• FRACTURE(MECHANICS)
• PRESSURE VESSELS
• NEUTRON REACTIONS
• EMBRITTLEMENT
• (U)EMBRITTLEMENT

Subject Categories:

• Metallurgy and Metallography
• Fission Reactor Materials

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE