NSUF Article

U.S. DOE Nuclear Science User Facilities Awards 35 Rapid Turnaround Experiment Research Proposals

Wednesday, September 20, 2017 - Calls and Awards

These projects will continue to advance the understanding of irradiation effects in nuclear fuels and materials in support of the mission of the DOE Office of Nuclear Energy.

IDAHO FALLS -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Nuclear Science User Facilities (NSUF) has selected 35 new Rapid Turnaround Experiment (RTE) projects, totaling up to approximately $1.3 million. These projects will continue to advance the understanding of irradiation effects in nuclear fuels and materials in support of the mission of the DOE Office of Nuclear Energy.<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>NSUF, first established at Idaho National Laboratory (INL), is the nation’s only user facility overseen by the Office of Nuclear Energy. NSUF provides research teams with access to reactor, post-irradiation examination, high-performance computing, and beamline capabilities at a diverse mix of affiliated partner facilities in university, national laboratory and industry institutions across the country at no cost to the user.<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>NSUF competitively selected the 35 RTE projects from high-quality proposals submitted during the solicitation period. Each proposal was evaluated based on a variety of factors including feasibility, mission relevance, and scientific-technical merit.<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>RTE project research teams include individuals from two nuclear energy industry, eleven universities, and four national laboratories who will work with the NSUF on their proposed experiments. The newly awarded RTE projects are:<o:p></o:p><table class="MsoTableGrid" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="0" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); border: none;"><tbody><tr style="break-inside: avoid; height: 25.6pt;"><td width="150" valign="bottom" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.25pt; border: 1pt solid windowtext; background: rgb(217, 217, 217); height: 25.6pt;">PI Name<o:p></o:p></td><td width="108" valign="bottom" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81pt; border-top: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: none; background: rgb(217, 217, 217); height: 25.6pt;">Institution<o:p></o:p></td><td width="246" valign="bottom" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 184.5pt; border-top: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: none; background: rgb(217, 217, 217); height: 25.6pt;">Title<o:p></o:p></td><td width="156" valign="bottom" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt; border-top: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: none; background: rgb(217, 217, 217); height: 25.6pt;">Facility<o:p></o:p></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid;"><td width="150" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.25pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none;">Adrien Couet<o:p></o:p></td><td width="108" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">University of Wisconsin<o:p></o:p></td><td width="246" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 184.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">Characterization of Oxide Layer on the Surface of High Temperature Water Corroded Zircaloy-4 In the Presence of Neutron+Gamma and Gamma Only<o:p></o:p></td><td width="156" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">Oak Ridge National Laboratory – Low Activation Materials Development and Analysis (LAMDA)<o:p></o:p></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid;"><td width="150" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.25pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none;">Adrien Couet<o:p></o:p></td><td width="108" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">University of Wisconsin<o:p></o:p></td><td width="246" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 184.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">APT and TEM study of redistribution of alloying elements in ZrNb alloys following proton irradiation: effects on in-reactor corrosion kinetics.<o:p></o:p></td><td width="156" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">Center for Advanced Energy Studies Microscopy and Characterization Suite<o:p></o:p></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid;"><td width="150" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.25pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none;">Bei Ye<o:p></o:p></td><td width="108" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">Argonne National Laboratory<o:p></o:p></td><td width="246" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 184.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">Investigation of irradiation-induced recrystallization in U-Mo fuel<o:p></o:p></td><td width="156" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">Center for Advanced Energy Studies Microscopy and Characterization Suite<o:p></o:p></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid;"><td width="150" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.25pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none;">Ben Maier<o:p></o:p></td><td width="108" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">University of Wisconsin<o:p></o:p></td><td width="246" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 184.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">Atomic Probe Tomography Studies of Irradiated Cold Spray Coatings for Accident Tolerant Cladding<o:p></o:p></td><td width="156" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">Center for Advanced Energy Studies Microscopy and Characterization Suite<o:p></o:p></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid;"><td width="150" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.25pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none;">Benjamin Jenkins<o:p></o:p></td><td width="108" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">University of Oxford<o:p></o:p></td><td width="246" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 184.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">Site-specific Atom Probe Tomography Characterisation of Grain Boundaries in Archival Surveillance Steels From Advanced Test Reactor (ATR-2) Neutron Irradiation Experiment<o:p></o:p></td><td width="156" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">Center for Advanced Energy Studies Microscopy and Characterization Suite<o:p></o:p></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid;"><td width="150" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.25pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none;">Cem Topbasi<o:p></o:p></td><td width="108" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">Electric Power Research Institute<o:p></o:p></td><td width="246" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 184.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy Study of Radiation Damage Effects on the d-Hydride Microstructure in Irradiated Zircaloy-4<o:p></o:p></td><td width="156" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">Oak Ridge National Laboratory – Low Activation Materials Development and Analysis (LAMDA)<o:p></o:p></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid;"><td width="150" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.25pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none;">Chi Xu<o:p></o:p></td><td width="108" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">University of Florida<o:p></o:p></td><td width="246" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 184.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">An in-situ TEM characterization of tensile testing of ion irradiated HT-UPS steel at RT and 400°C<o:p></o:p></td><td width="156" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; 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width: 117pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">Oak Ridge National Laboratory – Low Activation Materials Development and Analysis (LAMDA)<o:p></o:p></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid;"><td width="150" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.25pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none;">Djamel Kaoumi<o:p></o:p></td><td width="108" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">North Carolina State University<o:p></o:p></td><td width="246" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 184.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">Ion irradiation response of nanostructured alloys: In-situ TEM observations vs. ex-situ characterization<o:p></o:p></td><td width="156" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; 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width: 117pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">Idaho National Laboratory Materials and Fuels Complex<o:p></o:p></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid;"><td width="150" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.25pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none;">Gabriel Meric de Bellefon<o:p></o:p></td><td width="108" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">University of Wisconsin<o:p></o:p></td><td width="246" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 184.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">The effectiveness of coherent and incoherent twin boundaries in alleviating radiation damage in heavy-ion-irradiated 316L austenitic stainless steels<o:p></o:p></td><td width="156" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">Argonne National Laboratory – Intermediate Voltage Electron Microscope Tandem Facility<o:p></o:p></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid;"><td width="150" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.25pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none;">Elizabeth Getto<o:p></o:p></td><td width="108" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">United States Naval Academy<o:p></o:p></td><td width="246" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 184.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">Radiation Tolerance of Advanced Joining Techniques for Oxide Dispersion Strengthened Steels under Ion Irradiation<o:p></o:p></td><td width="156" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">University of Michigan - Michigan Ion Beam Laboratory<o:p></o:p></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid;"><td width="150" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.25pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none;">Haiming Wen<o:p></o:p></td><td width="108" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">Idaho State University<o:p></o:p></td><td width="246" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 184.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">Enhanced irradiation tolerance of high-entropy alloys<o:p></o:p></td><td width="156" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">University of Wisconsin Tandem Accelerator Ion Beam/ Characterization Laboratory<o:p></o:p></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid;"><td width="150" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.25pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none;">Konstantina Lambrinou<o:p></o:p></td><td width="108" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">SCK•CEN<o:p></o:p></td><td width="246" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 184.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">Study of the factors affecting the radiation tolerance of MAX phases for innovative fuel cladding concepts<o:p></o:p></td><td width="156" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">University of Michigan - Michigan Ion Beam Laboratory<o:p></o:p></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid;"><td width="150" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.25pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none;">Kumar Sridharan<o:p></o:p></td><td width="108" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">University of Wisconsin<o:p></o:p></td><td width="246" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 184.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">Heavy ion irradiation and ex situ transmission electron microscopy study of the effectiveness of twin boundaries in alleviating radiation damage in 316 austenitic stainless steels<o:p></o:p></td><td width="156" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">University of Wisconsin Tandem Accelerator Ion Beam/ Characterization Laboratory<o:p></o:p></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid;"><td width="150" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.25pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none;">Lin Shao<o:p></o:p></td><td width="108" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">Texas A&M University<o:p></o:p></td><td width="246" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 184.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">Post-irradiation observation following high-rate self-ion irradiation of previously neutron-irradiated 304 stainless steel<o:p></o:p></td><td width="156" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">Center for Advanced Energy Studies Microscopy and Characterization Suite<o:p></o:p></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid;"><td width="150" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.25pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none;">Mukesh Bachhav<o:p></o:p></td><td width="108" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">Idaho National Laboratory<o:p></o:p></td><td width="246" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 184.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">Microstructure and microchemical characterization of neutron and proton irradiated Alloy D9 using APT and TEM<o:p></o:p></td><td width="156" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">Center for Advanced Energy Studies Microscopy and Characterization Suite<o:p></o:p></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid;"><td width="150" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.25pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none;">Mukesh Bachhav<o:p></o:p></td><td width="108" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">Idaho National Laboratory<o:p></o:p></td><td width="246" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 184.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">Effect of Phosphorous (P) on precipitation and segregation behavior in neutron irradiated Reactor Pressure Vessel steels in the Advanced Test Reactor (ATR-2): An Atom Probe study.<o:p></o:p></td><td width="156" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">Center for Advanced Energy Studies Microscopy and Characterization Suite<o:p></o:p></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid;"><td width="150" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.25pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none;">Nathan Almirall<o:p></o:p></td><td width="108" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">University of California - Santa Barbara<o:p></o:p></td><td width="246" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 184.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">Atom Probe Tomography Investigations of nm-Scale Precipitates in Advanced Reactor Pressure Vessel Super Clean Steels in the UCSB Advanced Test Reactor (ATR-2) Neutron Irradiation Experiment<o:p></o:p></td><td width="156" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">Center for Advanced Energy Studies Microscopy and Characterization Suite<o:p></o:p></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid;"><td width="150" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.25pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none;">Niels Cautaerts<o:p></o:p></td><td width="108" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">SCK•CEN<o:p></o:p></td><td width="246" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 184.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">Hardness profiling of ion irradiated 15-15Ti cladding steel using CSM nano-indentation<o:p></o:p></td><td width="156" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">University of California–Berkeley<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p><o:p> </o:p><o:p> </o:p></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid; height: 26.5pt;"><td width="150" valign="bottom" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.25pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; background: rgb(217, 217, 217); height: 26.5pt;">PI Name<o:p></o:p></td><td width="108" valign="bottom" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; background: rgb(217, 217, 217); height: 26.5pt;">Institution<o:p></o:p></td><td width="246" valign="bottom" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 184.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; background: rgb(217, 217, 217); height: 26.5pt;">Title<o:p></o:p></td><td width="156" valign="bottom" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; background: rgb(217, 217, 217); height: 26.5pt;">Facility<o:p></o:p></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid;"><td width="150" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.25pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none;">Philip Edmondson<o:p></o:p></td><td width="108" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">Oak Ridge National Laboratory<o:p></o:p></td><td width="246" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 184.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">In situ amorphization studies of forsterite, diopside and quartz under ion irradiation<o:p></o:p></td><td width="156" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">Argonne National Laboratory – Intermediate Voltage Electron Microscope Tandem Facility<o:p></o:p></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid;"><td width="150" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.25pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none;">Riley Parrish<o:p></o:p></td><td width="108" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">University of Florida<o:p></o:p></td><td width="246" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 184.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">Microstructural characterization of 13% burn-up MOX fuel<o:p></o:p></td><td width="156" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; 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width: 117pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">Argonne National Laboratory – Intermediate Voltage Electron Microscope Tandem Facility<o:p></o:p></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid;"><td width="150" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.25pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none;">Sebastien Teysseyre<o:p></o:p></td><td width="108" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">Idaho National Laboratory<o:p></o:p></td><td width="246" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 184.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">Characterization of Grain Boundary Damage in Highly Irradiated Specimens Exposed to Irradiation Assisted Stress Corrosion Cracking.<o:p></o:p></td><td width="156" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; 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width: 117pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">Center for Advanced Energy Studies Microscopy and Characterization Suite<o:p></o:p></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid;"><td width="150" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.25pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none;">Steven Zinkle<o:p></o:p></td><td width="108" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">University of Tennessee<o:p></o:p></td><td width="246" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 184.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">Irradiation responses of ultrastrong nano precipitation martensite steel<o:p></o:p></td><td width="156" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">Center for Advanced Energy Studies Microscopy and Characterization Suite<o:p></o:p></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid;"><td width="150" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.25pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none;">Tianyi Chen<o:p></o:p></td><td width="108" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">Oak Ridge National Laboratory<o:p></o:p></td><td width="246" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 184.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">Radiation-Hardening and Microstructural Stability of NF709 Austenitic Stainless Steel<o:p></o:p></td><td width="156" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">Center for Advanced Energy Studies Microscopy and Characterization Suite<o:p></o:p></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid;"><td width="150" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.25pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none;">Todd Allen<o:p></o:p></td><td width="108" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">University of Wisconsin<o:p></o:p></td><td width="246" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 184.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">Examining microstructural differences in irradiated HT9, correlated with differences in processing prior to irradiation<o:p></o:p></td><td width="156" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">Idaho National Laboratory Materials and Fuels Complex<o:p></o:p></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid;"><td width="150" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.25pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none;">Todd Allen<o:p></o:p></td><td width="108" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">University of Wisconsin<o:p></o:p></td><td width="246" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 184.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">IVEM investigation of defect evolution in FCC and BCC HEAs during heavy ion irradiation<o:p></o:p></td><td width="156" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">Argonne National Laboratory – Intermediate Voltage Electron Microscope Tandem Facility<o:p></o:p></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid;"><td width="150" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.25pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none;">Weiying Chen<o:p></o:p></td><td width="108" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">Argonne National Laboratory<o:p></o:p></td><td width="246" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 184.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">Fundamental Study of Alloying Complexity Effects on the Irradiation Process in High Entropy Alloys<o:p></o:p></td><td width="156" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">Argonne National Laboratory – Intermediate Voltage Electron Microscope Tandem Facility<o:p></o:p></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid;"><td width="150" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.25pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none;">Yong Yang<o:p></o:p></td><td width="108" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">University of Florida<o:p></o:p></td><td width="246" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 184.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">Characterize the Irradiated Microstructure and Understand the Fission Product Behavior in an Irradiated and Safety Tested AGR-1 TRISO Fuel Particle New Proposal<o:p></o:p></td><td width="156" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">Idaho National Laboratory & Center for Advanced Energy Studies<o:p></o:p></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid;"><td width="150" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.25pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none;">Yuanyuan Zhu<o:p></o:p></td><td width="108" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">Pacific Northwest National Laboratory<o:p></o:p></td><td width="246" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 184.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">Microstructural Examination of Neutron Irradiated Al-HfAl3 Metal Matrix Composite Materials for Application to Neutron Spectrum Modification in Nuclear Reactors<o:p></o:p></td><td width="156" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">Pacific Northwest National Laboratory<o:p></o:p></td></tr><tr style="break-inside: avoid;"><td width="150" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 112.25pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none;">Zheng Zhang<o:p></o:p></td><td width="108" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">University of Florida<o:p></o:p></td><td width="246" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 184.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">Pore size distribution in U-Mo fuel irradiated to low burnup<o:p></o:p></td><td width="156" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 117pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext;">Idaho National Laboratory Materials and Fuels Complex<o:p></o:p></td></tr></tbody></table><o:p> </o:p>NSUF holds RTEs calls three times per year. The call offers any interested researcher from a university, national laboratory or industry the opportunity to perform a limited scope of examinations at one facility. The next call for solicitations is scheduled to close October 12, 2017.<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>For user guides and more information about submitting proposals, visit the NSUF website, <a href="http://nsuf.inl.gov/" style="color: rgb(188, 137, 0) !important;">http://nsuf.inl.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>INL is a DOE multi-program national laboratory, and performs work in each of DOE's strategic goal areas: energy, national security, science and environment. INL is the nation's leading center for nuclear energy research and development. 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