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Godzilla is helping ITER prepare for tokamak assembly
ITER employees stand by Godzilla, the most powerful commercially available industrial robot available. (Photo: ITER)
Many people are familiar with Godzilla as a giant reptilian monster that emerged from the sea off the coast of Japan, the product of radioactive contamination. These days, there is a new Godzilla, but it has a positive—and entirely fact-based—association with nuclear energy. This one has emerged inside the Tokamak Assembly Preparation Building of ITER in southern France.
K. R. Anderson , J. F. Stubbins, F. A. Garner
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 110 | Number 4 | April 1992 | Pages 394-407
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE92-A23913
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Three spinodally strengthened copper alloys were irradiated with fast neutrons to 34 displacements per atom (dpa) at 414°C, 50 dpa at 411°C, and 32 dpa at 529°C in order to assess their suitability for high-temperature service in neutron environments. Density, electrical conductivity, tensile property, and fracture behavior changes were determined with emphasis on the microstructural reasons for the changes observed. These spinodally strengthened alloys were found to exhibit improved properties following irradiation, and they show merit for use in high-temperature neutron environments, although their low initial conductivity may be a limitation. The results are compared to those of high-purity, unalloyed copper.