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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 Advanced/Novel Materials
Thursday, December 14, 2023|1:00–2:40PM CST|Galerie 5
Session Chair:
Janelle P. Wharry (Purdue Univeristy)
Track Organizers:
Kevin G. Field (Univ. Michigan)
Grace Burke (INL)
Benjamin Sutton (Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI))
Alternate Chair:
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Development of a Weldable Ni-30Cr Filler Metal 52XL for Nuclear Applications
1:00–1:40PM CST
C. Fink (Ohio State), A. Hope (Thermo-Calc Software), S.L. McCracken (EPRI), J.C. Lippold (Ohio State)
Paper
Mechanical Properties and Deformation Mechanisms of Electron Beam Welded PM-HIP Reactor Pressure Vessel Steels
1:40–2:00PM CST
E.H. Marrero (Purdue), G. Nemets (Purdue), J. Emerson (Purdue), Z. Shang (Purdue), Y. Lu (Boise State), M.A. Okuniewski (Purdue), J.P. Wharry (Purdue)
Effect of Laser Welding on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties in Ion-Irradiated MA956
2:00–2:20PM CST
E. Getto (U.S. Naval Academy), S. Stokes (U.S. Naval Academy), M. Swenson (Univ. Idaho)
Synchrotron X-ray Diffraction Characterization of the Phase Transformation Behaviors Induced by Electron Beam Welding in SA508 Reactor Pressure Vessel Steels
2:20–2:40PM CST
J. Emerson (Purdue), G. Nemets (Purdue), E.H. Marrero (Purdue), M. Topsakal (Brookhaven), S. Gill (Brookhaven), J.P. Wharry (Purdue), M.A. Okuniewski (Purdue)
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