Positron annihilation spectroscopy of defects in nuclear and irradiated materials-a review

FA Selim - Materials Characterization, 2021 - Elsevier
Positron is the only probe that can detect individual atomic vacancies and small and large
vacancy clusters induced by irradiation with remarkable sensitivity, providing information …

A review of irradiation-induced hardening in FeCrAl alloy systems for accident-tolerant fuel cladding

A Tangirbergen, N Amangeldi, ST Revankar… - … Engineering and Design, 2024 - Elsevier
Despite nuclear energy being a clean, sustainable source, its safety is a major concern,
especially after the Chernobyl and Fukushima accidents. Designing accident-tolerant fuel …

Design, properties, and weldability of advanced oxidation-resistant FeCrAl alloys

MN Gussev, KG Field, Y Yamamoto - Materials & Design, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Iron-chromium-aluminum (FeCrAl) alloys are promising as corrosion-and oxidation-
resistant materials for high-temperature applications. However, further design and …

An in situ study on the effect of grain boundaries on helium bubble formation in dual beam irradiated FeCrAl alloy

T Sun, T Niu, Z Shang, WY Chen, M Li, H Wang… - Acta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
FeCrAl alloy is one of the promising cladding materials in the advanced nuclear reactors.
Here we compare the irradiation response of the nanolaminate (NL) and coarse-grained …

Effects of sequential tungsten and helium ion implantation on nano-indentation hardness of tungsten

DEJ Armstrong, PD Edmondson, SG Roberts - Applied Physics Letters, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
To simulate neutron and helium damage in a fusion reactor first wall sequential self-ion
implantation up to 13 dpa followed by helium-ion implantation up to 3000 appm was …

Evaluation of radiation hardening in ion-irradiated Fe based alloys by nanoindentation

X Liu, R Wang, A Ren, J Jiang, C Xu, P Huang… - Journal of nuclear …, 2014 - Elsevier
Nanoindentation in combination with ion irradiation offers the possibility to quantify
irradiation hardening due to radiation damage. Irradiation experiments for Fe–1.0 wt.% Cu …

Irradiation hardening of Fe–9Cr-based alloys and ODS Eurofer: Effect of helium implantation and iron-ion irradiation at 300 C including sequence effects

C Heintze, F Bergner, M Hernández-Mayoral… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2016 - Elsevier
Single-beam, dual-beam and sequential iron-and/or helium-ion irradiations are widely
accepted to emulate more application-relevant but hardly accessible irradiation conditions of …

Integrated effect of aging and heavy ion radiation on FeNiCrAl duplex alloy for accident-tolerant fuel cladding

H Xu, Y Feng, D He, C Jiang, T Hou, X Liu, W Li… - Acta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Alumina-forming duplex FeNiCrAl alloy with superior mechanical properties and high-
temperature oxidation resistance has been regarded as an accident-tolerant fuel cladding …

Impact of neutron irradiation on mechanical performance of FeCrAl alloy laser-beam weldments

MN Gussev, E Cakmak, KG Field - Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2018 - Elsevier
Oxidation-resistant iron-chromium-aluminum (FeCrAl) alloys demonstrate better
performance in Loss-of-Coolant Accidents, compared with austenitic-and zirconium-based …

Helium sequestration at nanoparticle-matrix interfaces in helium+ heavy ion irradiated nanostructured ferritic alloys

CM Parish, KA Unocic, L Tan, SJ Zinkle… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2017 - Elsevier
We irradiated four ferritic alloys with energetic Fe and He ions: one castable nanostructured
alloy (CNA) containing Ti-W-Ta-carbides, and three nanostructured ferritic alloys (NFAs) …