摘要 |
A part of a light-water reactor, for example, a cladding for a light-water reactor has at least a portion made of an intermetallic compound, such as Ni3Al, Ni2Al3, TiAl, Ti3Al, Pt2Si, PtSi, FeAl2, CoAl, and MoSi2, thereby having limited irradiation degradation by fast neutrons, improved ductility and usability at high temperatures the intermetallic compound is produced by a process comprising a step of irradiating the intermetallic compound with at least one selected from the group consisting of a neutron, a light ion, and an electron. The intermetallic compound may contain a twin and a third additional element segregatedly present or forms a second phase at or near to a grain boundary.
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