分类: 核科学技术 >> 辐射物理与技术 提交时间: 2024-06-14
摘要: The evolution of dislocation loops in austenitic steels irradiated with Fe+ is investigated using cluster dynam ics (CD) simulations by developing a CD model. The CD predictions are compared with experimental results in the literature. The number density and average diameter of the dislocation loops obtained from the CD simula tions are in good agreement with the experimental data obtained from transmission electron microscopy (TEM) observations of Fe+-irradiated Solution Annealed 304, Cold Worked 316, and HR3 austenitic steels in the liter ature. The CD simulation results demonstrate that the diffusion of in-cascade interstitial clusters plays a major role in the dislocation loop density and dislocation loop growth; in particular, for the HR3 austenitic steel, the CDmodel has verified the effect of temperature on the density and size of the dislocation loops.
分类: 物理学 >> 核物理学 提交时间: 2024-03-07
摘要: Predicting the transition-temperature shift (TTS) induced by neutron irradiation in reactor pressure-vessel (RPV) steels is important for the evaluation and extension of nuclear power-plant lifetimes. Current prediction models may fail to properly describe the embrittlement trend curves of Chinese domestic RPV steels with relatively low Cu content. Based on the screened surveillancedata of Chinese domestic and similar international RPV steels, we have developed a new fluence-dependent model for predicting the irradiation-embrittlement trend. The fast neutron fluence (E> 1 MeV) exhibited the highest correlation coefficient with the measured TTS data; thus, it is a crucial parameter in the prediction model. The chemical composition has little relevance to the TTSresidual calculated by the fluence-dependent model. The results show that the newly developed model with a simple power-law functional form of the neutron fluence is suitable for predicting the irradiation-embrittlement trend of Chinese domestic RPVs, regardless of the effect of the chemical composition.