Figure 4
From: Predicting structural material degradation in advanced nuclear reactors with ion irradiation
Swelling at 150 dpa as a function of temperature at (a) reactor and (b) ion irradiation dose rates, generated by a cavity-biased CD simulation for a range of helium-trap binding energies, and the same (c) reactor and (d) ion irradiation dose rates for a range of trap densities. Even though an increase in either helium binding energy or trap density increases the temperature range over which swelling occurs, the effect is non-linear with increasing damage rate and results in the reduction in the ΔT between reactor and ion irradiation.
