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Each year, the Department of Energy’s Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP) recognizes graduate and undergraduate students for their innovative nuclear energy research. The winners of the Innovations in Nuclear Energy Research and Development Student Competition (INSC) receive honoraria along with travel and conference opportunities, including the chance to present their publications at the annual American Nuclear Society Winter Conference & Expo.
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
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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.