Irradiation creep under 60 MEV alpha irradiation

Volume 6: Experiment Facility Spectrum Tailoring (HFIR Futures – Enhanced Capabilities Series)

“…In the mid-to late-1970s, the setup was modified with the addition of a 400 kV Van de Graaff accelerator to allow for some of the first dual-beam irradiations (Packan 1980, Lewis 1979, in which injection of He + and H + ions was performed in conjunction with heavy ion irradiations to study the combined effect of gas production with radiation damage. During this same time, an in-situ irradiation creep setup was developed for the Oak Ridge Isochronous Cyclotron (ORIC) (Reiley, Auble, and Shannon 1980;Reiley, Auble, Beckers et al 1980). The final modification to the accelerator program was the development of the triple ion beam chamber in the mid-1980s (Lewis 1988, Lewis 1989) that could perform simultaneous injection of He + and H + ions while producing irradiation damage via heavy ion irradiations.…”