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Nuclear Technology | Volume 4 | Number 4 | April 1968 | Pages 222-229
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Segments of Type-304L stainless-steel cladding from irradiated EBR-II fuel elements have been used for burst tests from room temperature to 1000°C. The cladding had accumulated exposures of (0.5 to 1.4) × 1022 n/cm2 (> 0.1 MeV) at temperatures between 370 and 500°C. In burst tests at ≤ 700°C, the greater strength was on the lower half of the irradiated cladding where the irradiation temperature was < 475°C. Tests at 800, 900, and 1000°C each showed uniform strength along the lengths of the cladding. The strength of the irradiated specimens decreased most rapidly with temperatures between 400 and 700°C. Unirradiated specimens were weaker than irradiated ones below 700°C; above 700°C, the unirradiated specimens were slightly stronger. The irradiated and the unirradiated specimens had low uniform strain (∼1 and ∼10%, respectively) at temperature of ∼ 400 to 500°C.