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Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo (UWC 2024)
August 4–7, 2024
Marco Island, FL|JW Marriott Marco Island
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NRC engineers share their expertise at the University of Puerto Rico
Robert Roche-Rivera and Marcos Rolón-Acevedo are licensed professional engineers who work at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. They are also alumni of the University of Puerto Rico–Mayagüez (UPRM) and have been sharing their knowledge and experience with students at their alma mater since last year, serving as adjunct professors in the university’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. During the 2023–2024 school year, they each taught two courses: Fundamentals of Nuclear Science and Engineering, and Nuclear Power Plant Engineering.
Technical Session|Sponsored by Fundamental Irradiation Damage
Thursday, December 14, 2023|3:10–4:50PM CST|Galerie 6
Session Chair:
Anne A. Campbell (ORNL)
Alternate Chair:
Flyura Djurabekova (Univ. Helsinki)
Track Organizers:
Steve Zinkle (University of Tennessee & Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Mitra Taheri (Johns Hopkins University)
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Kinetics and Stability of Nano-Scale Precipitates in Fe-Based Alloys During Ion Irradiations
3:10–3:50PM CST
Yajie Zhao (ORNL), Pengcheng Zhu (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Jonathan Poplawsky (ORNL), Arunodaya Bhattacharya (U.K. Atomic Energy Authority), Steven Zinkle (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Presented by Siwei Chen (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Paper
Impact of Micro-Alloying and Precipitation in Ion-Irradiated Nickel: From the Inhibition of Point-Defect Cluster Diffusion by Thermal Segregation to the Change of Dislocation Loop Nature
3:50–4:10PM CST
M. Loyer-Prost (CEA), K. Ma (CEA), B. Décamps (Univ. Paris-Saclay), L. Huang (CEA), M. Nastar (CEA), R.E. Schäublin (ETH Zurich), J.F. Löffler (ETH Zurich), A. Fraczkiewicz (CNRS), M.A. Belghoul (CEA), P. Vermaut (CNRS), F. Prima (CNRS)
Beryllium Carbide Tolerance to Radiation Damage for Advanced Reactor Moderators
4:10–4:30PM CST
Diego A. Muzquiz (Univ. Michigan), Stephen S. Raiman (Univ. Michigan)
Temperature Dependent Evolution of Microstructure in Fe10Cr Alloy Under Proton Irradiation
4:30–4:50PM CST
Siwei Chen (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Yajie Zhao (ORNL), Yao Li (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Qinyun Chen (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Steven J. Zinkle (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
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