An alloy having ultra-fine grains with dispersed particles is expected to have the resistance of irradiation embrittlement. We examine the microstructures of V-1.6 and 2.6Y alloys, having ultra-fine grains with dispersed particles, after neutron irradiation at temperatures between 290 and 800 C. The grain size was the level of a few hundreds of nanometers, and the size in diameter of V-2.6Y alloy was much smaller than that of V-1.6Y alloy, where the irradiation did not change the size. The number density of particles in V-2.6Y alloy was higher than that in V-1.6Y alloy. Voids were formed only at 290 C, where the number density of voids in V-2.6Y alloy was smaller than that in V-1.6Y alloy. The void formation was efficiently suppressed due to fine-grains and dispersed particles.
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