Abstract
The same kinds of specimens of both foil and bulk of metals, as those irradiated previously with D-T neutrons at RTNS-II, were irradiated with fission neutrons at KUR. The irradiations were performed at 20 and 350 K to fluences of 5 × 10 16 and 1 × 10 19 n/cm 2 (E > 0.1 MeV), respectively. The results on pure gold are described to exemplify the typical value of cascade defects. A cascade in fission neutron irradiated gold consists of 2.2 small defects on average. This is compared with 6.7 small defects for the fusion neutron irradiation. The cross section for the formation of observed cascade defects is 0.15 barn, which is a twelveth of that in fusion neutron irradiation. The cryotransfer of the thin foil to the electron microscope was carried out to observe the cascade defects at low temperatures. The average size of cascade defects in fission neutron-irradiated gold was much smaller than that in fusion irradiation. The damage evolution in the bulk specimen was also examined.
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