Effect of Prior Irradiation Creep on the Subsequent Burst Strength of 20% Cold-Worked Type 316 Stainless-Steel Cladding
- 1 July 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Nuclear Technology
- Vol. 39 (2) , 199-206
- https://doi.org/10.13182/nt78-a32078
Abstract
Creep rates of metals can be greatly enhanced by neutron irradiation experienced in a fast reactor environment. Because irradiation-induced creep strains can be large in magnitude for duct and cladding components, the effect of irradiation creep on subsequent mechanical property behavior must be quantified to provide a design base for core component performance assessment. Pressurized tubes that had sustained a peak value of irradiation creep strain of 1.04% and peak fast fluences of 10 × 1022 n/cm2 under irradiation in the Experimental Breeder Reactor II from 650 to 857 K were tested in subsequent transient burst loading. Results of testing show that subsequent deformation is unaffected by prior irradiation creep within experimental error.Keywords
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