About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2026 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Accelerated Qualification Methods for Nuclear Reactor Structural Materials
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| Presentation Title |
Beam-On Characterization of Nuclear Structural and Functional Materials |
| Author(s) |
Michael Philip Short, Elena Botica Artalejo, Gregory Wallace, Weiyue Zhou, Adria Peterkin, Wande Cairang, Zoe Fisher, Angus Wylie, Alexis Devitre, Zachary Hartwig, Dennis Whyte, Myles Stapelberg |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Michael Philip Short |
| Abstract Scope |
Too often we researchers "cook, then look" at nuclear materials, irradiating and then characterizing. However, nuclear materials in operando will be irradiated during service, and must perform as such. In addition, "looking while we cook" allows us to capture kinetics, better quantify uncertainties, and discover new effects during and immediately after irradiation. In this talk, I will present work regarding "beam-on" effects in nuclear materials, where surprising effects manifest due to in situ observations. These include (1) Drops in thermal transport corresponding to defect creation and relaxation kinetics as measured by transient grating spectroscopy, (2) Effects of simultaneous irradiation and corrosion vs. sequential, and (3) simultaneous radiation's surprising lack of effects on high temperature superconductor performance. All these examples serve to reinforce the notion that despite their considerably higher cost, time, and complexity, in situ irradiation studies must be performed to identify and quantify coupled effects in nuclear materials. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
Characterization, Nuclear Materials, Environmental Effects |