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On North Carolina's ratification of Senate Bill 266
I have been a North Carolinian for 62 years and involved in the state’s nuclear energy industry from my high school days to today. I have seen firsthand how North Carolina has flourished. This growth has been due to the state’s enterprising people and strong leaders. Clean, competitive, and always-on nuclear power has also played an important role.
V. O’Donnell, X. He, T. Keya, G. Harvill, M. Andurkar, B. C. Prorok, S. M. Thompson, J. Gahl
Nuclear Technology | Volume 210 | Number 5 | May 2024 | Pages 933-940
Note | doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2023.2262265
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A point of study in the characterization of additive manufactured (AM) alloys is whether or not AM microstructure responds to external stimuli differently from conventionally manufactured alloys. Samples of Alloy 625, a nickel-based superalloy of interest, were produced by both additive manufacturing and conventional wrought methods. Samples of differing sizes were subjected to one of two different types of neutron fields during irradiation: fast neutron or reactor-spectrum neutron. Vickers microhardness measurements and transmission electron microscope images were used to analyze the differences between samples before and after they were subjected to the neutron fields. Results showed differing responses between the two fabrication methods.