Fissile core and Tritium-Breeding Blanket: structural materials and their requirements

Jean-Louis Boutard; Ana Alamo; Rainer Lindau; Michael Rieth

doi:10.1016/j.crhy.2007.11.004

Fissile core and Tritium-Breeding Blanket: structural materials and their requirements
[Cœur fissile et couverture tritigène : les matériaux de structure et leurs specifications]

Jean-Louis Boutard ¹ ; Ana Alamo ² ; Rainer Lindau ³ ; Michael Rieth ³

¹ EFDA-CSU Garching, Boltzmannstrasse 2, 85748 Garching bei München, Germany
² DEN/DSOE, CEA/Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
³ IMF-1 FZK, Hermann-von-Helmholtz Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany

Comptes Rendus. Physique, Volume 9 (2008) no. 3-4, pp. 287-302.

Résumé
Abstract

Des matériaux ayant une excellente résistance aux effets d'irradiation sont indispensables au succès des futures centrales de fission et de fusion. On présente les critères de sélection, les éléments caractéristiques de la métallurgie et les principaux effets d'irradiation révélés par les programmes d'irradiation des matériaux retenus. A basse température (∼300 °C) les aciers ferritiques/martensitiques souffrent de fragilisation par l'hélium associée à un probable durcissement dû à la décomposition $α / α^{'}$ . Les cinétiques de durcissement et de fragilisation et tout particulièrement la saturation avec la dose sont des questions difficiles à trancher sur la seule base d'un programme expérimental. Des progrès importants sont encore nécessaires pour maîtriser la microstructure, la propreté inclusionnaire et l'assemblage des aciers renforcés par dispersion d'oxydes. Une modélisation physique telle que présentée dans ce volume doit servir de guide pour comprendre les mécanismes et fournir des solutions pour limiter la dégradation des propriétés en service.

High radiation resistant structural materials for fusion and fission nuclear power plants are a key issue for the development of both types of reactors. Selection criteria, elements of metallurgy of the selected materials, and the major issues as they are revealed by the results of the present development programmes, are presented. At low temperature (∼300 °C) ferritic/martensitic steels are suffering from He-embrittlement, associated with possible hardening due to $α / α^{'}$ unmixing. The kinetics of hardening and embrittlement versus dose, especially saturation with dose, are still open key issues, difficult to settle on the basis of a purely experimental programme. Important progress is still to be made in mastering the initial microstructure, inclusion cleanness and joining techniques of oxide dispersion strengthened steels for higher heat resistance. Physics modeling as presented in this issue should promote guidance to the understanding of the mechanisms involved, provide solutions to master the initial microstructure and phase stability, and mitigate the in-service property degradation.

Publié le : 2008-03-07

DOI : 10.1016/j.crhy.2007.11.004

Keywords: Structural materials, Ferritic/Martensitic steels, Ferritic steels, $ {\text{SiC}}_{\mathrm{f}}/\text{SiC}$ composites, Radiation effects
Mot clés : Matériaux de structure, Acier martensitiques, Acier ferritiques, Composites $ {\text{SiC}}_{\mathrm{f}}/\text{SiC}$, Effets d'irradiation

Affiliations des auteurs :

Jean-Louis Boutard ¹ ; Ana Alamo ² ; Rainer Lindau ³ ; Michael Rieth ³

¹ EFDA-CSU Garching, Boltzmannstrasse 2, 85748 Garching bei München, Germany
² DEN/DSOE, CEA/Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
³ IMF-1 FZK, Hermann-von-Helmholtz Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany

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Jean-Louis Boutard; Ana Alamo; Rainer Lindau; Michael Rieth. Fissile core and Tritium-Breeding Blanket: structural materials and their requirements. Comptes Rendus. Physique, Volume 9 (2008) no. 3-4, pp. 287-302. doi : 10.1016/j.crhy.2007.11.004. https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/physique/articles/10.1016/j.crhy.2007.11.004/

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