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Members focus on the dissemination of knowledge and information in the area of power reactors with particular application to the production of electric power and process heat. The division sponsors meetings on the coverage of applied nuclear science and engineering as related to power plants, non-power reactors, and other nuclear facilities. It encourages and assists with the dissemination of knowledge pertinent to the safe and efficient operation of nuclear facilities through professional staff development, information exchange, and supporting the generation of viable solutions to current issues.
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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
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Technical Session|Sponsored by Evolution of Material Properties
Monday, December 11, 2023|9:30–11:30AM CST|Galerie 1
Session Chair:
Gary Was (Univ. Michigan)
Track Organizers:
Thak Sang Byun (ORNL)
Dong Liu (University of Bristol)
Alternate Chair:
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A Review of the Mechanical Properties of the 316 Stainless Steel Family for Advanced Nuclear Reactors Application
9:30–9:50AM CST
R. Song (INL), M.D. Eklund (INL), A.M Jokisaari (INL), R.A. Roach (INL), C. Topbasi (EPRI)
Paper
Influence of Initial Microstructure and Sampling Location on the Mechanical Behavior of Additively Manufactured 316L Stainless Steel After Neutron Irradiation
9:50–10:10AM CST
Thak Sang Byun (ORNL), Jesse W. Werden (ORNL), Maxim N. Gussev (ORNL), Timothy G. Lach (ORNL), Annabelle Le Coq (ORNL), Kory Linton (ORNL)
Applying Micro-Tensile Testing, Atom Probe Tomography, and High-Resolution TEM Characterization to Harvested High Dose Zorita Light Water Reactor Internals
10:10–10:30AM CST
Cameron Howard (INL), Mukesh Bachhav (INL), Boopathy Kombaiah (INL), Fei Teng (INL), Sohail Shah (INL), Yachun Wang (INL), Jason Daniel (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
Analysis of Porosity Defects and Their Impact on Tensile Behavior in LPBF Stainless Steel 316 L Utilizing X-ray Computed Tomography
10:30–10:50AM CST
Tasrif UI Anwar (Utah State), Patrick Merighe (Utah State), Rahul Reddy Kancharla (INL), Boopathy Kombaiah (INL), Nadia Kouraytem (Utah State)
In-Situ 3D High-Energy X-ray Diffraction Study on Deformation Behavior of Neutron-Irradiated Fe-9%Cr
10:50–11:10AM CST
Dominic Piedmont (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Jun-Sang Park (ANL), Peter Kenesei (ANL), Jonathan Almer (ANL), Matthew Kasemer (Univ. Alabama), Ezra Mengiste (Univ. Alabama), Meimei Li (ANL), Xuan Zhang (ANL), James F. Stubbins (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Atomistic Simulation of Hydrogen Segregation to Grain Boundaries and Crack Tips
11:10–11:30AM CST
Richard W. Smith (Naval Nuclear Laboratory)
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