Fracture toughness of irradiated candidate materials for iter first wall/blanket structures

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn 1270, Issue , 1996, Pages 945-970

  Alexander, David J ^a   Pawel, Janet E ^a   Grossbeck, Martin L ^a   Rowcliffe, Arthur F ^a   Shiba, Kiyoyuki ^b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Austenitic stainless steels; Disk compact; Embrittlement; Ferritic stainless steels; First wall blanket structure; Fracture toughness; Tearing modulus

Indexed keywords

EMBRITTLEMENT; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; IRRADIATION; MATERIALS TESTING; RADIATION DAMAGE; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS);

AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL; DISK COMPACT; FERRITIC STAINLESS STEEL; FIRST WALL BLANKET STRUCTURES; IRRADIATION TEMPERATURE; TEARING MODULUS;

STAINLESS STEEL;

EID: 0030219238     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp16518s     Document Type: Article

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