Abstract
The literature was reviewed of aging and aging effects in Alloy 617 to determine the supplementary data needed to understand the response of the alloy to long-time exposure conditions being considered for structural components in Gen IV nuclear reactors. Most of the data were produced in connection with the international research effort supporting High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor (HTGR) projects in the 1970s and 1980s. Topics considered included microstructural changes, hardness, tensile properties, toughness, creep-rupture, fatigue, and crack growth. It became clear that, for the long-time, very high temperature conditions of the Gen IV reactors, a significant effort would be needed to fully understand and characterize property changes. Several topics for further research were recommended.
