In 1967, C. Cawthorne and E. J. Fulton reported electron-microscope thin-foil examinations of type316 stainless-steel fuel cladding and mechanical-test specimens irradiated in the Dounreay Fast Reactor. The work helped identify microscopic cavities in the dimensional-instability problem.[ref]
E. J. Fulton Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
E. J. Fulton coauthored Voids in irradiated stainless steel by C. Cawthorne and E. J. Fulton. The report describes thin-foil electron microscopy of irradiated type 316 stainless steel, making cavities visible inside the material. These observations connect a microscopic defect population to the phenomenon of void swelling.[ref]