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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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NRC cuts fees by 50 percent for advanced reactor applicants
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has announced it has amended regulations for the licensing, inspection, special projects, and annual fees it will charge applicants and licensees for fiscal year 2025.
J. G. Goodwin, F. R. Lorenz
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 6 | Number 1 | July 1959 | Pages 49-56
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE59-A25626
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Five 30-lb, 4-in. diam iodide hafnium ingots representing material typical of that utilized for the Shippingport PWR were fabricated into strip. Typical tensile, impact, hardness, corrosion test weight gain, electrical resistivity, and chemical analysis values were obtained by testing samples from each strip. The effect of irradiation on the impact strength and hardness of hafnium strip was investigated by subjecting a total of 36 subsized Izod impact specimens to irradiation for two cycles in the MTR. A duplicate group of nonirradiated specimens was used as a control group. The mechanical, physical, and corrosion property measurements for the nonirradiated and irradiated samples showed no physically significant differences attributable to chemical analysis. The impact strength and hardness values for the irradiated specimens showed differences which were attributable to the integrated neutron flux received.