Australian’s Molten Salt Reactor (MSR) Material Research Ondrej Muránsky

Samples Currently in OPAL (or Planned for Insertion)
Material Sample type Irradiation time Source
MA957 TEM discs 460 days IME/ORNL i
CLAM “ “ IME i
TiAl FT “ “ IME/LANL ii
AlMg5 Mini tensile “ IME/OPAL Surveillance iv
Zr-3.5Sn “ 460 days IME/Queens ii
TiAl DP TEM discs 460 days IME/LANL ii
Ti-6Al-4V “ “ IME i
Zr-2.5Nb “ “ IME i
Zr-4 CT 460 days OPAL Surveillance iv
Zr-4 CT 5 years OPAL Surveillance iv
Zr-4 CT 10 years OPAL Surveillance iv
NiCrMoFe Small Punch 460 days IME/SINAP JRC iii
NiCrMoFe “ 920 days IME/SINAP JRC iii
Ti45Al “ 460 days IME i
Ti45Al2Nb “ “ IME i
Ti45Al TEM disc “ IME i
Ti45Al2Nb “ “ IME i
Zr-2.5Nb “ “ IME/OPAL i
NiCrMoFe “ “ IME/SINAP JRC iii
Zr-3.5Sn Mini Tensile 5 years IME/Queens ii
NiCrMoFe “ 460 days IME/SINAP JRC iii
Al6061 “ 5 years OPAL Surveillance iv
i
Internal research
ii
unfunded collaborative research
iii
partially funded research with external partners
iv
OPAL Materials Surveillance Program (MSP)
• Zr and Al alloys
– Predominantly for OPAL support
• Titanium Aluminides
– Internal research
• Ni alloys
– Collaborative work (SINAP MSR)
• Additional planned materials
– A508 (PM, WM, HIP)
– ODS
– Graphite
– Tungsten
Overview of ANSTO R&D Activities
13th Meeting of the Materials Project Management Board for the GIF VHTR System
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