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Materials Science & Technology
The objectives of MSTD are: promote the advancement of materials science in Nuclear Science Technology; support the multidisciplines which constitute it; encourage research by providing a forum for the presentation, exchange, and documentation of relevant information; promote the interaction and communication among its members; and recognize and reward its members for significant contributions to the field of materials science in nuclear technology.
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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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Nuclear fuel cycle reimagined: Powering the next frontiers from nuclear waste
In the fall of 2023, a small Zeno Power team accomplished a major feat: they demonstrated the first strontium-90 heat source in decades—and the first-ever by a commercial company.
Zeno Power worked with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to fabricate and validate this Z1 heat source design at the lab’s Radiochemical Processing Laboratory. The Z1 demonstration heralded renewed interest in developing radioisotope power system (RPS) technology. In early 2025, the heat source was disassembled, and the Sr-90 was returned to the U.S. Department of Energy for continued use.
Technical Session|Sponsored by Advanced/Novel Materials
Tuesday, December 12, 2023|8:00–9:40AM CST|Galerie 5
Session Chair:
Janelle P. Wharry (Purdue Univeristy)
Track Organizers:
Benjamin Sutton (Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI))
Kevin Field (Univ. Michigan)
Grace Burke (INL)
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Progress in Additive Manufacturing of Stainless Steel for Nuclear Components
8:00–8:40AM CST
Stephen Tate (EPRI)
Paper
Additive Manufacturing of 316H for High Temperature Nuclear Applications
8:40–9:00AM CST
S.A. Mantri (ANL), X. Zhang (ANL)
Engineering Heterogeneous Microstructures in Additively Manufactured Al0.3Ti0.2Co0.7CrFeNi1.7 High Entropy Alloy for Potential Nuclear Applications
9:00–9:20AM CST
Mohan Sai Kiran Kumar Yadav Nartu (PNNL), Shristy Jha (Univ. North Texas), Advika Chesetti (Univ. North Texas), Sundeep Mukherjee (Univ. North Texas), Isabella Van Rooyen (PNNL), Rajarshi Banerjee (Univ. North Texas)
Ultrasonic Additive Manufacturing: Towards Modernizing Plate Manufacturing
9:20–9:40AM CST
C.P. Massey (ORNL), B.E. Garrison (ORNL), M. Ridley (ORNL), H. Hyer (ORNL), Y. Yan (ORNL), C.M. Petrie (ORNL), A.T. Nelson (ORNL)
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