Simulation of the irradiation effects in reactor materials : The REVE project

S. Jumel; C. Domain; J. Ruste; J.C. Van Duysen; C. Becquart; A. Legris; P. Pareige; A. Barbu; V. Pontikis

doi:doi:10.1051/jp4:2000633

The Sixth Japan-France Materials Science Seminar
JFMSS-6
Microstructural Design for Improved Mechanical Behaviour of Advanced Materials

J. Phys. IV France 10 (2000) Pr6-191-Pr6-196
DOI: 10.1051/jp4:2000633

Simulation of the irradiation effects in reactor materials : The REVE project

S. Jumel¹, C. Domain¹, J. Ruste¹, J.C. Van Duysen¹, C. Becquart², A. Legris², P. Pareige³, A. Barbu⁴ and V. Pontikis⁴

¹ EDF, EMA Les Renardières, 77250 Moret-sur-Loing cedex, France
² Université de Lille
³ Université de Rouen
⁴ CEA

Abstract
REVE is a project for a virtual reactor designed to simulate the irradiation effects in materials. It includes the following 5 sub-projects : a demonstrator simulating the ageing of vessel steels under irradiation, the coupling of interactive multi-scale codes, the development of N-order ab-initio methods, the effect of irradiation on phase diagrams and finally the application to the case of stress corrosion cracking behaviour of irradiated Zr-Nb alloy. The project is to last 6 years for an estimated cost of $20million.