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<p>HT-9, a ferritic-Martensitic steel, has attracted significant interest as a structural and cladding material for a variety of high dose nuclear component applications. This study examines the tensile properties of a HT-9 fuel assembly duct from the fast flux test facility, FFTF. The duct, from the Advanced Core Oxide-3 (ACO-3) irradiation test, was subjected to fast neutron irradiation exposure ranging from 3 dpa above the core top to nearly 155 dpa near the core mid-plane, spanning a temperature range from 382&#xa0;°C at the lower end to 504&#xa0;°C at the top. Due to the combination of thermal and neutron flux gradients along the core height. This yields a variety of irradiation damage processes which depend on core location. Tensile properties of specimens extracted at different positions along the height of the irradiated duct were measured at 25&#xa0;°C, 200&#xa0;°C and near their in-core irradiation temperature. The results show temperature has a greater impact than dose on post-irradiation strength and ductility. Two irradiation temperature regimes were determined, below irradiation temperatures of 420&#xa0;°C irradiation hardening increases as irradiation temperature decreases, and above that temperature relatively minor changes are observed in tensile properties. These results are discussed in terms of expected microstructural changes, indicating that dislocation content is a strong contributor in these findings.</p>

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Tensile properties of the neutron irradiated HT-9 ACO-3 duct

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    2025年11月28日

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  • Tarik A. Saleh,
  • Benjamin P. Eftink,
  • Tobias J. Romero,
  • Dominic Piedmont,
  • James F. Stubbins,
  • Mychailo Toloczko,
  • Stuart A. Maloy

摘要

HT-9, a ferritic-Martensitic steel, has attracted significant interest as a structural and cladding material for a variety of high dose nuclear component applications. This study examines the tensile properties of a HT-9 fuel assembly duct from the fast flux test facility, FFTF. The duct, from the Advanced Core Oxide-3 (ACO-3) irradiation test, was subjected to fast neutron irradiation exposure ranging from 3 dpa above the core top to nearly 155 dpa near the core mid-plane, spanning a temperature range from 382 °C at the lower end to 504 °C at the top. Due to the combination of thermal and neutron flux gradients along the core height. This yields a variety of irradiation damage processes which depend on core location. Tensile properties of specimens extracted at different positions along the height of the irradiated duct were measured at 25 °C, 200 °C and near their in-core irradiation temperature. The results show temperature has a greater impact than dose on post-irradiation strength and ductility. Two irradiation temperature regimes were determined, below irradiation temperatures of 420 °C irradiation hardening increases as irradiation temperature decreases, and above that temperature relatively minor changes are observed in tensile properties. These results are discussed in terms of expected microstructural changes, indicating that dislocation content is a strong contributor in these findings.