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Alan Schemer-Kohrn

Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Projects

Atom Probe Tomography of Structural Materials for Nuclear Reactors

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Danny Edwards
As the world’s population continues to increase, carbon neutral energy resources like nuclear power become increasingly important. A major challenge facing the design of advanced nuclear power…

Atom Probe Tomography of Structural Materials for Nuclear Reactors

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Danny Edwards
To develop an understanding of material performance under neutron irradiation requires detailed knowledge of the evolution of the materials microstructure both before and after irradiation. The…

Characterization of solid oxide fuel cell electrodes after exposure

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Olga Marina
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
The purpose of this project is to gain understanding how the fuel electrode chemistry and microstructure is affected by exposure to coal gas contaminants. This is of importance to operating solid…

Corrosion of Zircaloy Alloys

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Danny Edwards
Coupons from four BWR Zircaloy fuel channels are to be prepared for metallographic and electron microscopy characterization to help understand the corrosion behavior of the fuel channels. The…

Characterization of Cast and Rolled Plates of U-10Mo Alloys

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Danny Edwards
Development and deployment of low enriched uranium (LEU) fuels has been pursued for more than 30 years, starting with the Reduced Enrichment for Research and Test Reactor (RERTR) and continued more…