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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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Nominations open for CNTA awards
Citizens for Nuclear Technology Awareness is accepting nominations for its Fred C. Davison Distinguished Scientist Award and its Nuclear Service Award. Nominations for both awards must be submitted by August 1.
The awards will be presented this fall as part of the CNTA’s annual Edward Teller Lecture event.
Technical Session|Sponsored by Evolution of Material Properties
Thursday, December 14, 2023|8:00–9:40AM CST|Galerie 1
Session Chair:
Ramprashad Prabhakaran (PNNL)
Alternate Chair:
Thak Sang Byun (ORNL)
Track Organizers:
Gary Was (Univ. Michigan)
Dong Liu (University of Bristol)
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Effect of Irradiation Temperature on Strain Localization in Zircaloy-4
8:00–8:40AM CST
M. Topping (Queen's Univ.), M. R. Daymond (Queen's Univ.)
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High Temperature Ring-Pull Mechanical Tests of Thin-Walled Tube
8:40–9:00AM CST
Benjamin Eftink (LANL), Peter Beck (LANL), Mathew Hayne (LANL), Tyler Dabney (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Carl Cady (LANL), Tarik Saleh (LANL)
Overcoming Challenges and Investigating Geometry and Scale Factor Effects During Mechanical Testing of Nuclear Fuel Claddings
9:00–9:20AM CST
B. Garrison (ORNL), C. Massey (ORNL), M. Gussev (ORNL), K. Linton (ORNL)
Evaluation of Zircaloy Cladding Creep Models During High-Rate Temperature Ramps
9:20–9:40AM CST
K. A. Gamble (INL), R. T. Sweet (INL)
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