K.V. Tsay , D.A. Merezhko , Y.R. Kim , M.S. Merezhko
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Low-temperature structural instability of 12 % Cr ferritic–martensitic steel irradiated to 53 dpa in the BN-350 fast reactor
The EP-450 duplex ferritic/martensitic steel (material of an fuel assemblies’ wrapper) was found to suffer from radiation-induced recovery and recrystallization during long-term irradiation (to 53 dpa) with neutrons in the BN-350 reactor at a much lower temperature (410 °C) than tempering ones. This resulted in the structural instability of the phase composition of the steel, involving a decrease in the tempered martensite fraction and the growth of ferritic grains. The microstructure of irradiated steel showed coarsening martensitic laths and the growth of sub-grains, as well as the appearance of coarse ferrite grains with quasi-equilibrium Y-junctions. The driving force of the processes of recovery and recrystallization was the more stressed and defective condition of the TM. Structural rearrangement in steel was performed due to a mass migration of sub-boundaries and sub-grain coalescence, which might be facilitated under irradiation by the presence of fluxes of point defects and a high mobility of dislocations.
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