Add to ORKGReactor pressure vessel (RPV) steel embrittlement under neutron irradiation is the main lifetime limiting factor of nuclear reactors. This is due to the impeding of dislocation glide by nanometric clusters composed of Cu, P, Si, Mn and Ni. More specifically, radiation induced Mn and Ni enriched clusters cause a significant hardening at high dose. To predict this change in mechanical properties, particle accelerator based experiments are conducted. However, the achieved flux ranges between 10⁻⁴ and 10 ⁻ ⁶ dpa/s⁻ ¹, whereas it is limited to 10⁻ ¹ ⁰ dpa/s⁻ ¹ in modern nuclear power technologies. This point is of high importance since radiation damage highly depends on irradiation flux. The reproducibility ion-neutron is thus the key point. I...
