J. M. Cookson

TL;DR: In this article, the effect of chromium, phosphorus, silicon and sulfur on the stress corrosion cracking of 304L stainless steel in CERT tests in high purity water or argon at 288°C following irradiation with 3.4 MeV protons at 400°C to 1 dpa, has been investigated using ultrahigh purity alloys (UHP) with controlled impurity additions.

TL;DR: In this article, a technique was developed which addressed the problem of irradiation assisted stress corrosion cracking of stainless steels in light water reactors using high energy protons to induce grain boundary segregation.

TL;DR: In this paper, a facility has been established at the Michigan Ion Beam Laboratory for the study of radiation effects on materials, including a broad range of materials (metals, ceramics and polymers), radiation damage rates (10−8 to 10−3 dpa/s) and irradiation temperatures (−196°C to 600°C).

TL;DR: Stainless steel samples were irradiated with protons at 400°C and strained in 288°C water to examine the role of oxide particles in the irradiation-assisted stress corrosion cracking as discussed by the authors.