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The Education, Training & Workforce Development Division provides communication among the academic, industrial, and governmental communities through the exchange of views and information on matters related to education, training and workforce development in nuclear and radiological science, engineering, and technology. Industry leaders, education and training professionals, and interested students work together through Society-sponsored meetings and publications, to enrich their professional development, to educate the general public, and to advance nuclear and radiological science and engineering.
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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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The 2025 ANS election results are in!
Spring marks the passing of the torch for American Nuclear Society leadership. During this election cycle, ANS members voted for the newest vice president/president-elect, treasurer, and six board of director positions (four U.S., one non-U.S., one student). New professional division leadership was also decided on in this election, which opened February 25 and closed April 15. About 21 percent of eligible members of the Society voted—a similar turnout to last year.
K. Bhanumurthy, W. Krauss, J. Konys
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 65 | Number 2 | March-April 2014 | Pages 262-272
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST13-651
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The solid-state diffusion reaction between Fe and Al was studied using bulk diffusion couples in the temperature range 450°C to 600°C for annealing durations up to 240 h. The Al-rich intermetallic phase Fe2Al5 formed in the diffusion zone at all annealing temperatures. However, for diffusion couples annealed at and above 600°C, additional intermetallic phases Fe3Al, FeAl, and FeAl2 appeared in the diffusion zone. The existence of these phases at and below 640°C and the composition range of their existence were investigated, and these results provided better insight into the existing Fe-Al phase diagram. It was observed that Fe2Al5 is the dominant phase in the diffusion zone, and the formation of this phase was rationalized based on the modified effective heat of formation model. Both kinetic and diffusion parameters were evaluated for Fe2Al5, and the activation energy for interdiffusion of this phase was found to be 146.8 kJ/mol; these results were compared with previously published work.
