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Fe-Cr alloys play an important role both in science and technology. The former stems from their interesting and unique properties which make them to be regarded as model alloys. The latter follows from the fact that they are a basic component of stainless steels (SS) that, thanks to their properties, have been used as construction materials in various branches of industry like power plants or fusion and fission reactors. In these applications they often undergo radiation damage that causes degradation of materials properties. A new generation of SS should provide better characteristics, and, in particular, better resistance to the radiation damage. To achieve this goal, one has to better understand effects caused by the radiation like short-range ordering (SRO).