Study of Radiation Damage of Materials Candidate to Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems by Utilizing High-Energy Heavy Ions at HIRFL

ZHANG Chonghong

doi:10.11804/NuclPhysRev.34.04.803

Because of the similarity in cascade damage structure in materials produced by energetic heavy ions and by fast neutrons, and the high displacement rate and low induced radioactivity of samples by heavy ions, heavy ion beam becomes an important tool to simulate radiation damage by energetic neutrons in materials in advanced nuclear energy systems. The ranges of heavy ions provided by HIRFL (Heavy Ion Research Facility in Lanzhou) are generally much larger than the mean dimensions of grains in alloys candidate to advanced nuclear reactors, and is capable of producing radiation damage in bulk scale. It therefore makes possible the evaluation of change of mechanical properties including the radiation induced embrittlement from the irradiated specimens by using miniaturized specimen techniques. In the present paper, we provide an introduction of our recent studies of radiation damage of materials candidate to future fusion reactors by utilizing heavy ion beams in HIRFL.The studies include issues as follows:ductility loss of RAFM steels causes by high-energy Ne ions, impact of oxide dispersoids on the radiation resistance of ODS ferritic steels, correlation of void swelling of ferritic/martensitic steels under different particle irradiation, and behavior of deuterium retention in tungsten under irradiation with high-energy heavy ions. The results show that high-energy heavy ions can be used as a tool to efficiently investigate or evaluate radiation damage in structure materials if combined with some special test techniques and data analysis.

Study of Radiation Damage of Materials Candidate to Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems by Utilizing High-Energy Heavy Ions at HIRFL

Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China

Funds: NSFC-CAS Joint Fund for Research Based on Large-scale Scientific Facilities(U1532262);National Magnetic Confinement Fusion Program(2011GB108003);National Basic Research Program of China(973 Program)(2010CB832904)

Received Date: 2016-12-11

Rev Recd Date: 2017-01-20

Publish Date: 2017-12-20

Key words:

Abstract: Because of the similarity in cascade damage structure in materials produced by energetic heavy ions and by fast neutrons, and the high displacement rate and low induced radioactivity of samples by heavy ions, heavy ion beam becomes an important tool to simulate radiation damage by energetic neutrons in materials in advanced nuclear energy systems. The ranges of heavy ions provided by HIRFL (Heavy Ion Research Facility in Lanzhou) are generally much larger than the mean dimensions of grains in alloys candidate to advanced nuclear reactors, and is capable of producing radiation damage in bulk scale. It therefore makes possible the evaluation of change of mechanical properties including the radiation induced embrittlement from the irradiated specimens by using miniaturized specimen techniques. In the present paper, we provide an introduction of our recent studies of radiation damage of materials candidate to future fusion reactors by utilizing heavy ion beams in HIRFL.The studies include issues as follows:ductility loss of RAFM steels causes by high-energy Ne ions, impact of oxide dispersoids on the radiation resistance of ODS ferritic steels, correlation of void swelling of ferritic/martensitic steels under different particle irradiation, and behavior of deuterium retention in tungsten under irradiation with high-energy heavy ions. The results show that high-energy heavy ions can be used as a tool to efficiently investigate or evaluate radiation damage in structure materials if combined with some special test techniques and data analysis.

HTML

Reference (22)

[1]	ZINKLE S J, WAS G S. Acta Materialia, 2013, 61:735.
[2]	ZINKLE S J. Materials Today, 2009, 12:12.
[3]	MANSUR L K, ROWCLIFFE A F, NANSTAD R K, et al. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2004, 329:166.
[4]	MAZEY D J. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 1990, 174:196.
[5]	WAS G S. Journal of Materials Research, 2015, 30(9):1158.
[6]	SCHROEDER H, KESTERNICH W, ULLMAIER H. Nuclear Engineering and Design Fusion, 1985, 2:65.
[7]	CHEN J, JUNG P, HOFFELNER W. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2013, 441:688.
[8]	YAMAMOTO N, MURASE Y, NAGAKAWA J, et al. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2002, 307:217.
[9]	HASEGAWA A, EJIRI M, NOGAMI S, et al. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2009, 386-388:241.
[10]	ZHANG C H, YANG Y T, SONG Y, et al. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2014, 455:61.
[11]	JUNG P, HISHINUMA A, LUCAS G E, et al. Journal of Nuclear Materials,1996, 232:186.
[12]	LUCAS G E, ODETTE G R, SOKOLOV M, et al. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2002, 307-311:1600.
[13]	ZHANG H Q, ZHANG C H, YANG Y T, et al. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2014, 455:349.
[14]	YANG Yitao, ZHANG Chonghong, DING Zhaonan, et al. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2018, 498:129. doi:10.1016/j.jnucmat.2017.10.025.
[15]	ODETTE G R, ALINGER M J, WIRTH B D. Annual Review of Materials Research, 2008, 38:471.
[16]	ZHANG C H, KIMURA A, KASADA R, et al. Journal of Nuclear Materials,2011, 417:221.
[17]	DING Z N, ZHANG C H, YANG Y T, et al. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2017, 493:53.
[18]	XIAN Y Q, LIU Juan, ZHANG C H, et al. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2015, 461:171.
[19]	ZHANG C H, CHEN K Q, WANG Y S, et al. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2000, 283-287:259.
[20]	ZHANG C H, JANG J, CHO H D, et al. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2008, 375:185.
[21]	ZHANG C H, JANG J, CHO H D, et al. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2009, 386-388:457.
[22]	LIU Feng, XU Yuping, ZHOU Haishan, et al. Nucl Instr Meth B, 2015, 351:23.

Study of Radiation Damage of Materials Candidate to Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems by Utilizing High-Energy Heavy Ions at HIRFL

doi: 10.11804/NuclPhysRev.34.04.803

Abstract

References

Proportional views

通讯作者: 陈斌, bchen63@163.com

Article Metrics

Proportional views