| Abstract Scope |
Qualifying nuclear structural materials for advanced reactors, with their high operating temperatures, is challenging, requiring more extensive testing than lower temperature material qualification, particularly with the addition of needed creep data. For new materials and manufacturing methods, there is often very limited existing data, and so a large testing program is needed to collect the necessary qualification data. Methods for accelerating the collection of this data have been of interest to multiple calls for proposals, as well as federally funded government research programs. The complete pathway towards accelerated qualification will likely include both implementation of computer models and simulations, as well as accelerated experimental methods for rapid data collection. This work will highlight some of the methods being explored for accelerating data collection, particularly focused on creep testing, as well as the potential use of surveillance specimens in advanced nuclear reactors to supplement qualification data. |