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Candidates for leadership provide statements: ANS Board of Directors
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.
William F. Zelezny
Nuclear Technology | Volume 2 | Number 3 | June 1966 | Pages 239-245
Technical Paper and Note | doi.org/10.13182/NT66-A27594
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The electron microprobe analyzer has been applied to a study of chemical reactions and diffusion in a number of nuclear fuel materials. During manufacture by powder metallurgy techniques, UN fuel particles underwent complete chemical reaction with the aluminum matrix in which they were embedded, while U3 Si and UC fuel particles showed partial chemical reaction. Subsequent heating completed the U3 Si-Al and UC-Al reactions. Diffusion was observed to have taken place across the boundaries in UO2-ZrO2 couples after exposure to elevated temperatures.