Effects of neutron irradiation on tensile properties of oxide dispersion strengthened (ODS) steel claddings

ODS鋼被覆管の引張特性に及ぼす照射効果

矢野 康英  ; 小川 竜一郎; 山下 真一郎   ; 大塚 智史   ; 皆藤 威二 ; 赤坂 尚昭; 井上 賢紀 ; 吉武 庸光 ; 田中 健哉

Yano, Yasuhide; Ogawa, Ryuichiro; Yamashita, Shinichiro; Otsuka, Satoshi; Kaito, Takeji; Akasaka, Naoaki; Inoue, Masaki; Yoshitake, Tsunemitsu; Tanaka, Kenya

高速実験炉「常陽」のCMIR-6で照射したODS鋼被覆管のリング引張特性に及ぼす照射効果に関して調査を行った。照射条件範囲は、照射温度6931108Kと照射量1633dpaであった。照射温度923K未満では強度特性に変化は見られなかったが、1023Kでは20%の強度低下が見られた。一方、照射後の一様伸びは、すべての照射条件で2%以上確保されていた。本照射条件範囲ではODS鋼被覆管は、一般的な11Crフェライト/マルテンサイト鋼であるPNC-FMS被覆管と比較しても優れた引張特性を維持していることが明らかになった。

The effects of fast neutron irradiation on ring tensile properties of oxide dispersion strengthened (ODS) steel claddings for fast reactor were investigated. Specimens were irradiated in the experimental fast reactor Joyo using the material irradiation rig at temperatures between 693 and 1108 K to fast neutron doses ranging from 16 to 33 dpa. The post-irradiation ring tensile tests were carried out at irradiation temperatures. The experimental results showed that there was no significant change in tensile strengths after neutron irradiation below 923 K, but the tensile strengths at neutron irradiation above 1023 K up to 33 dpa were decreased by about 20%. On the other hand, uniform elongation after irradiation was more than 2% at all irradiation conditions. The ring tensile properties of these ODS claddings remained excellent within these irradiation conditions compared with conventional 11Cr ferritic/martensitic steel (PNC-FMS) claddings.