The international experimental fusion project (ITER) has entered the construction phase. It will have to integrate and test all essential fusion power reactor technologies and components while demonstrating the safety and environmental acceptability of fusion. [1,2] In cable-in-conduit conductor (CICC) magnets, [3][4][5][6][7] such as the toroidal-field (TF) coils, the conduit is the primary structural component. 316LN stainless steel material (SS) has been chosen as the TF jacket, [8,9] due to its good mechanical properties at elevated temperatures, its excellent corrosion resistance and fabricability. [10] Several investigations have been published on the mechanical properties and property changes occurring during exposure to steam plant and reactor environment. [11][12][13][14] New evidence supports applying the alternative way to optimize the solution anneal treatment of the modified 316LN SS at 1100 ºC can enhance the elongation at fracture, which satisfy the ITER specifications. [15] However, we realize that literature data on the microstructural changes occurring toward ITER design are scarce and in some instances of great importance. Inspired by these and the urgency of the ITER project, we embarked on structural studies of the modified TF jacket after tensile test at RT, 77 and 4.2 K. The purpose of the present investigation was: (i) to determine the mechanism of the phase deformation as a function of temperature and tension, (ii) to determine the content and the distribution of the deformation induced martensite (DIM), and (iii) to hypothesize a model for the observed phase reactions, which potentially may yield a general understanding of TF jacket in ITER applications. This work provides a possible mechanism underlying the stressstrain and free energy linking to structure transformation and reveals a profound connection between the grain morphology changes and phase deformation.We show theoretically that the typical of a face centered cubic lattice (fcc) structure, [16] together with the presence of a body centered cubic (bcc) peaks, [17] has been identified. Tensile test operated at RT and 77 K induce no phase transformation, the same phenomenon in specimens under-going cooling experiments to cryogenic temperature (12, 15, 18, 20, 30 K, etc.), it is thereby to conclude that the structure is governed by both external stress and free energy. [18][19][20] As is shown in Figure 1c, the temperature at which a 0 -martensite formation begins on cooling (M S 0 ) was thought to be <4 K. [21] That is why the cooling condition here (to 12 K) does not cause any phase transformation. As condition of a temperature between M d and M S 0 , the applied stress or the plastic strain influence the free energy change, which act as the driving force and can cause phase transformation. When temperaturedependent energy (DG t ) decreases, less force-dependent energy (DG f ) is needed. Thus, the tensile test at 4.2 K is thought to induce a 0 -martensite easily.According to Figure 1a, positions at the tensile tested tube (4.2 ...