Abstract: Method for extending service life of nuclear reactor components prepared from ductile, high strength crystalline alloys obtained by devitrification of metallic glasses. Two variations of the method are described: (1) cycling the temperature of the nuclear reactor between the operating temperature which leads to irradiation damage and a lThe U.S. Government has rights in this invention by virtue of Department of Energy, Office of Fusion Energy, Grant No. DE-AC02-78ER-10107.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 30, 1985
Date of Patent:
December 5, 1989
Assignee:
Janez Megusar
Inventors:
Janez Megusar, Otto K. Harling, Nicholas J. Grant