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With the annual ANS election right around the corner, American Nuclear Society members will be going to the polls to vote for a vice president/president-elect, treasurer, and members-at-large for the Board of Directors. In January, Nuclear News published statements from candidates for vice president/president-elect and treasurer. This month, we are featuring statements from each nominee for the Board of Directors.
J. B. Godel, J. M. Hendrie
Nuclear Technology | Volume 4 | Number 6 | June 1968 | Pages 418-424
Technical Paper and Note | doi.org/10.13182/NT68-A26367
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The High Flux Beam Reactor at Brookhaven is controlled by neutron absorbing blades that contain 30 vol% Eu2O3 or Dy2O3 dispersed in stainless steel. The europium oxide is used in areas of high burn-up. The rare-earth compacts are rolled into 0.132-in.-thick plates that are clad with ≥0.20-in. stainless steel. Four such plates are electron beam welded to form an angle-shaped blade with a central cooling channel. After ∼11 000 MWd of service and exposure to almost 2 × 1021 n cm−2, the blades continue to perform satisfactorily in this D2O-cooled and -moderated research reactor.
