  The T91 grade and similar 9Cr tempered-martensitic steels (also known as
ferritic-martensitic) are leading candidate structural alloys for fast fission
nuclear and fusion power reactors. At low temperatures (300 to 400 $^\circ$C)
neutron irradiation hardens and embrittles these steels, therefore it is
important to investigate the origin of this mode of life limiting property
degradation. T91 steel specimens were separately neutron irradiated to 2.14 dpa
at 327 $^\circ$C and 8.82 dpa at 377 $^\circ$C in the Idaho National Laboratory
Advanced Test Reactor. Atom probe tomography was used to investigate the
segregation driven formation of Mn-Ni-Si-rich (MNSPs) and Cu-rich (CRP)
co-precipitates. The precipitates increase in size and, slightly, in volume
fraction at the higher irradiation temperature and dose, while their
corresponding compositions were very similar, falling near the Si(Mn,Ni) phase
field in the Mn-Ni-Si projection of the Fe-based quaternary phase diagram.
While the structure of the precipitates has not been characterized, this
composition range is distinctly different than that of the typically cited
G-phase. The precipitates are composed of CRP with MNSP appendages. Such
features are often observed in neutron irradiated reactor pressure vessel (RPV)
steels. However, the Si, Ni, Mn, P and Cu solutes concentrations are lower in
the T91 than in typical RPV steels. Thus, in T91 precipitation primarily takes
place in solute segregated regions of line and loop dislocations. These results
are consistent with the model for radiation induced segregation driven
precipitation of MNSPs proposed by Ke et al. Cr-rich alpha prime ($\alpha$')
phase formation was not observed.
