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The Young Members Group works to encourage and enable all young professional members to be actively involved in the efforts and endeavors of the Society at all levels (Professional Divisions, ANS Governance, Local Sections, etc.) as they transition from the role of a student to the role of a professional. It sponsors non-technical workshops and meetings that provide professional development and networking opportunities for young professionals, collaborates with other Divisions and Groups in developing technical and non-technical content for topical and national meetings, encourages its members to participate in the activities of the Groups and Divisions that are closely related to their professional interests as well as in their local sections, introduces young members to the rules and governance structure of the Society, and nominates young professionals for awards and leadership opportunities available to members.
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2024 ANS Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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NRC wants input on Hermes 2 test reactor construction permit
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is seeking input on its draft environmental assessment and draft finding of no significant impact for Kairos Power’s application to build the Hermes 2 test reactor facility in Oak Ridge, Tenn.
G.R. Edwards, D.K. Matlock, B.A. Eberhard
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 8 | Number 1 | July 1985 | Pages 937-943
Material Engineering — Fabrication and Testing | Proceedings of the Sixth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (San Francisco, California, March 3-7, 1985) | doi.org/10.13182/FST85-A40154
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The embrittlement of 2 1/4Cr-1Mo steel by lithium or lead-lithium liquids can occur when loading conditions and microstructural strengthening effects limit plastic relaxation at points of high stress, and a critical liquid metal induced embrittlement (LMIE) stress is reached. This paper presents the LMIE results of both constant displacement rate uniaxial tensile testing and fatigue crack propagation studies. The temperature for the onset of LMIE susceptibility at a given localized strain rate is shown to be predictable based on a critical value of flow stress, calculated by means of the Zener-Holloman parameter.
