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Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Projects

Microstructural and Irradiation Effects on Ag and Cs Diffusion in CVD-SiC

Lead Institution
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Principal Investigator
Todd Allen
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
The DOE has selected the Very High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactor (VHTR) as its next generation nuclear plant. The VHTR is designed to operate at higher temperatures than conventional light water…

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…

APT Characterization of Irradiated Materials

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…