NSUF Article

DOE Awards 33 Rapid Turnaround Experiment Research Proposals

Monday, May 14, 2018 - 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 33 new Rapid Turnaround Experiment (RTE) projects, totaling up to approximately $1.5 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>The NSUF, first established at Idaho National Laboratory (INL), is the nation's only user facility overseen by the Office of Nuclear Energy. The 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>The NSUF competitively selected the 33 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 19 Principal Investigators (PIs) from universities, 10 from national laboratories, three from foreign institutions (two from the UK and one from Italy), and one from industry who will work with the NSUF on their proposed experiments.The newly awarded RTE projects are: <table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="1020" style="width: 8.5in; margin-left: -0.25pt;"><tbody><tr style="height: 24pt;"><td width="135" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81pt; border: 1pt solid windowtext; background: rgb(54, 95, 145); height: 24pt;">Principal Investigator (PI)<o:p></o:p></td><td width="158" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.5pt; border-top: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: none; background: rgb(54, 95, 145); height: 24pt;">PI Institution<o:p></o:p></td><td width="364" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 218.5pt; border-top: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: none; background: rgb(54, 95, 145); height: 24pt;">Proposal Title<o:p></o:p></td><td width="363" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 218pt; border-top: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: none; background: rgb(54, 95, 145); height: 24pt;">NSUF Partner Institution<o:p></o:p>and Facility<o:p></o:p></td></tr><tr style="height: 48pt;"><td width="135" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; height: 48pt;">Athanasia Tzelepi<o:p></o:p></td><td width="158" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.5pt; 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width: 218pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; background: rgb(219, 229, 241); height: 48pt;">Oak Ridge National Laboratory ? 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width: 218pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; background: rgb(219, 229, 241); height: 24pt;">Idaho National Laboratory -- Materials and Fuels Complex<o:p></o:p></td></tr><tr style="height: 24pt;"><td width="135" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; height: 24pt;">Mahmut  Cinbiz<o:p></o:p></td><td width="158" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 24pt;">Oak Ridge National Laboratory<o:p></o:p></td><td width="364" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 218.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 24pt;">Characterization of Neutron-Irradiated Zr-1Nb-O Using Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy<o:p></o:p></td><td width="363" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 218pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 24pt;">Idaho National Laboratory -- Materials and Fuels Complex<o:p></o:p></td></tr><tr style="height: 24pt;"><td width="135" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; background: rgb(219, 229, 241); height: 24pt;">Maik Lang<o:p></o:p></td><td width="158" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; background: rgb(219, 229, 241); height: 24pt;">University of Tennessee<o:p></o:p></td><td width="364" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 218.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; background: rgb(219, 229, 241); height: 24pt;">The study of local atomic structure and formation of ceramic phase in a simplified nuclear waste glasses<o:p></o:p></td><td width="363" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 218pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; background: rgb(219, 229, 241); height: 24pt;">Brookhaven National Laboratory -- National Synchotron Light Source II (NSLS-II)<o:p></o:p></td></tr><tr style="height: 0.5in;"><td width="135" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; height: 0.5in;">Matthew Swenson<o:p></o:p></td><td width="158" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 0.5in;">University of Idaho<o:p></o:p></td><td width="364" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 218.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 0.5in;">Characterization and modeling of secondary phase evolution in an irradiated Zr-1.0Nb alloy<o:p></o:p></td><td width="363" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 218pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 0.5in;">Center for Advanced Energy Studies -- Microscopy and Characterization Suite<o:p></o:p></td></tr><tr style="height: 0.5in;"><td width="135" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; background: rgb(219, 229, 241); height: 0.5in;">Michael Moorehead<o:p></o:p></td><td width="158" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; background: rgb(219, 229, 241); height: 0.5in;">University of Wisconsin<o:p></o:p></td><td width="364" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 218.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; background: rgb(219, 229, 241); height: 0.5in;">TEM and APT characterization of ion irradiated high entropy alloys for sodium-cooled fast reactors<o:p></o:p></td><td width="363" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 218pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; background: rgb(219, 229, 241); height: 0.5in;">Center for Advanced Energy Studies -- Microscopy and Characterization Suite<o:p></o:p></td></tr><tr style="height: 0.5in;"><td width="135" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; height: 0.5in;">Ming Tang<o:p></o:p></td><td width="158" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 0.5in;">Los Alamos National Laboratory<o:p></o:p></td><td width="364" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 218.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 0.5in;">Radiation stability study on nuclear waste materials<o:p></o:p></td><td width="363" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 218pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 0.5in;">Argonne National Laboratory -- Intermediate Voltage Electron Microscope Tandem Facility<o:p></o:p></td></tr><tr style="height: 24pt;"><td width="135" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; background: rgb(219, 229, 241); height: 24pt;">Mohamed Elbakhshwan<o:p></o:p></td><td width="158" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; background: rgb(219, 229, 241); height: 24pt;">University of Wisconsin<o:p></o:p></td><td width="364" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 218.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; background: rgb(219, 229, 241); height: 24pt;">Radiation damage in high entropy alloys<o:p></o:p></td><td width="363" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 218pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; background: rgb(219, 229, 241); height: 24pt;">University of Wisconsin -- Tandem Accelerator Ion Beam (TAIB) and Characterization Laboratory for Irradiated Materials (CLIM)<o:p></o:p></td></tr><tr style="height: 48pt;"><td width="135" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; height: 48pt;">Nicholas Brown<o:p></o:p></td><td width="158" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 48pt;">Pennsylvania State University<o:p></o:p></td><td width="364" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 218.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 48pt;">Novel microstructure characterization of pre-hydrided ZIRLO® at low neutron doses<o:p></o:p></td><td width="363" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 218pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 48pt;">Oak Ridge National Laboratory -- Low Activation Materials Development and Analysis (LAMDA)<o:p></o:p></td></tr><tr style="height: 24pt;"><td width="135" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; background: rgb(219, 229, 241); height: 24pt;">Niyanth Sridharan<o:p></o:p></td><td width="158" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; background: rgb(219, 229, 241); height: 24pt;">Oak Ridge National Laboratory<o:p></o:p></td><td width="364" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 218.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; background: rgb(219, 229, 241); height: 24pt;">Evaluating void swelling and microstructure evolution of additively manufactured HT9<o:p></o:p></td><td width="363" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 218pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; background: rgb(219, 229, 241); height: 24pt;">University of Michigan -- Michigan Ion Beam Laboratory<o:p></o:p></td></tr><tr style="height: 24pt;"><td width="135" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; height: 24pt;">Pradeep Ramuhalli<o:p></o:p></td><td width="158" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 24pt;">Pacific Northwest National Laboratory<o:p></o:p></td><td width="364" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 218.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 24pt;">Post-irradiation Piezoelectric property characterization of radiation tolerant Piezoelectric materials<o:p></o:p></td><td width="363" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 218pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 24pt;">Pacific Northwest National Laboratory --Radiochemistry Processing Laboratory (RPL)<o:p></o:p></td></tr><tr style="height: 0.5in;"><td width="135" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; background: rgb(219, 229, 241); height: 0.5in;">Qing Su<o:p></o:p></td><td width="158" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; background: rgb(219, 229, 241); height: 0.5in;">University of Nebraska<o:p></o:p></td><td width="364" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 218.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; background: rgb(219, 229, 241); height: 0.5in;">APT study of Helium precipitates in amorphous/crystalline SiOC/Fe nanocomposites<o:p></o:p></td><td width="363" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 218pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; background: rgb(219, 229, 241); height: 0.5in;">Center for Advanced Energy Studies -- Microscopy and Characterization Suite<o:p></o:p></td></tr><tr style="height: 24pt;"><td width="135" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; height: 24pt;">Riley Parrish<o:p></o:p></td><td width="158" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 24pt;">University of Florida<o:p></o:p></td><td width="364" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 218.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 24pt;">TEM analysis of Irradiated MOX fuel<o:p></o:p></td><td width="363" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 218pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 24pt;">Idaho National Laboratory -- Materials and Fuels Complex<o:p></o:p></td></tr><tr style="height: 48pt;"><td width="135" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; background: rgb(219, 229, 241); height: 48pt;">Thomas Blue<o:p></o:p></td><td width="158" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; background: rgb(219, 229, 241); height: 48pt;">Ohio State University<o:p></o:p></td><td width="364" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 218.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; background: rgb(219, 229, 241); height: 48pt;">High fluence irradiation testing of fiber optic material transmission<o:p></o:p></td><td width="363" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 218pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; background: rgb(219, 229, 241); height: 48pt;">Oak Ridge National Laboratory -- Low Activation Materials Development and Analysis (LAMDA)<o:p></o:p></td></tr><tr style="height: 48pt;"><td width="135" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; height: 48pt;">Timothy Burchell<o:p></o:p></td><td width="158" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 48pt;">Oak Ridge National Laboratory<o:p></o:p></td><td width="364" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 218.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 48pt;">TEM investigation of irradiation, irradiation creep and thermal annealing effects in nuclear graphite<o:p></o:p></td><td width="363" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 218pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 48pt;">Oak Ridge National Laboratory -- Low Activation Materials Development and Analysis (LAMDA)<o:p></o:p></td></tr><tr style="height: 12pt;"><td width="135" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; background: rgb(219, 229, 241); height: 12pt;">Walter Williams<o:p></o:p></td><td width="158" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; background: rgb(219, 229, 241); height: 12pt;">Purdue University<o:p></o:p></td><td width="364" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 218.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; background: rgb(219, 229, 241); height: 12pt;">In situ phase analysis of phase transitions in U-(6, 10, 20, 30) wt%Zr fresh fuels<o:p></o:p></td><td width="363" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 218pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; background: rgb(219, 229, 241); height: 12pt;">Los Alamos National Laboratory -- Wing 9 Hot Cells, Fuels Research Laboratory and the Plutonium Surface Science Laboratory<o:p></o:p></td></tr><tr style="height: 24pt;"><td width="135" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; height: 24pt;">Xiaoyuan Lou<o:p></o:p></td><td width="158" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 24pt;">Auburn University<o:p></o:p></td><td width="364" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 218.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 24pt;">Heavy ion irradiation on SCC resistant austenitic stainless steel made by laser additive manufacturing<o:p></o:p></td><td width="363" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 218pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 24pt;">University of Michigan -- Michigan Ion Beam Laboratory<o:p></o:p></td></tr><tr style="height: 0.5in;"><td width="135" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; background: rgb(219, 229, 241); height: 0.5in;">Yinbin Miao<o:p></o:p></td><td width="158" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; background: rgb(219, 229, 241); height: 0.5in;">Argonne National Laboratory<o:p></o:p></td><td width="364" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 218.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; background: rgb(219, 229, 241); height: 0.5in;">Microstructural modifications in U-10Zr irradiated by high energy Xe ions<o:p></o:p></td><td width="363" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 218pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; background: rgb(219, 229, 241); height: 0.5in;">Center for Advanced Energy Studies -- Microscopy and Characterization Suite<o:p></o:p></td></tr><tr style="height: 24pt;"><td width="135" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; height: 24pt;">Zefeng yu<o:p></o:p></td><td width="158" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 24pt;">University of Wisconsin<o:p></o:p></td><td width="364" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 218.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 24pt;">TEM/EDS study of Nb redistribution in ZrNb alloys following proton irradiation<o:p></o:p></td><td width="363" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 218pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 24pt;">Idaho National Laboratory -- Materials and Fuels Complex<o:p></o:p></td></tr></tbody></table> The NSUF holds RTE calls three times per year. 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