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ANS Student Conference 2025
April 3–5, 2025
Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
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NRC begins special inspection at Hope Creek
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is conducting a special inspection at Hope Creek nuclear plant in New Jersey to investigate the cause of repeated inoperability of one of the plant’s emergency diesel generators, the agency announced in a February 25 news release.
Technical Session|Sponsored by Fundamental Irradiation Damage
Thursday, December 14, 2023|10:00–11:40AM CST|Galerie 6
Session Chair:
Stephen A. Taller (ORNL)
Alternate Chair:
Flyura Djurabekova (Univ. Helsinki)
Track Organizers:
Steve Zinkle (Univ. Tennessee & ORNL)
Mitra Taheri (Johns Hopkins Univ.)
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Characterization of Reactor Pressure Vessel Steel Embrittlement After High-Fluence Neutron Irradiation
10:00–10:20AM CST
Brandon Bohanon (Univ. Florida), Boopathy Kombaiah (INL), Douglas Spearot (Univ. Florida), Scott Middlemas (INL), Mukesh Bachhav (INL), Assel Aitkaliyeva (Univ. Florida)
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Post-Irradiation Examination of Neutron Irradiated FeCrAl Material
10:20–10:40AM CST
Aaron W. Colldeweih (INL), Robert S. Hansen (INL), Mukesh N. Bachhav (INL), Kaustubh K. Bawane (INL), Fabiola Cappia (INL), David W. Kamerman (INL)
Prediction of Neutron-Irradiated Cavity Microstructure with Dual-Ion Irradiation up to 100 dpa
10:40–11:00AM CST
V. Pauly (Univ. Michigan), S. Taller (ORNL), G.S. Was (Univ. Michigan)
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