Nuclear reactor material testing cut from days to hours with new US technology

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Nuclear reactor material testing cut from days to hours with new US technology

https://interestingengineering.com/energy/nuclear-reactor-material-testing-time-cut

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Nuclear reactor material testing cut from days to hours with US setup

Engineers at Brookhaven National Laboratory deployed a consolidated X-ray testing station that reduces nuclear material analysis time from days to six hours. The apparatus combines four computed tomography modes onto a single stage, enabling simultaneous measurement of physical form, elemental composition, and atomic structure without damaging the sample. This capability accelerates the evaluation of advanced reactor components subjected to severe operational stress.

Engineers have launched an all-in-one X-ray testing station that cuts nuclear material analysis time from days to six hours.

Materials intended for next-generation nuclear reactors can now be evaluated in roughly six hours instead of multiple days, following the launch of a consolidated X-ray testing station. The system and its performance figures were detailed in the Journal of Synchrotron Radiation. Engineers deployed the setup at the X-ray Powder Diffraction beamline, part of the National Synchrotron Light Source II at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

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