Infrastructure development for radioactive materials at the NSLS-II

Journal Article · Sat Nov 04 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2017.10.053· OSTI ID:1426468

Sprouster, David J. ^[1]; Weidner, R. ^[1]; Ghose, S. K. ^[2]; Dooryhee, E. ^[2]; Novakowski, T. J. ^[3]; Stan, T. ^[4]; Wells, P. ^[4]; Almirall, N. ^[4]; Odette, G. R. ^[4]; Ecker, L. E. ^[1]

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1. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Nuclear Science and Technology Department
2. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II)
3. Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States). Center for Materials Under eXtreme Environment (CMUXE), School of Nuclear Engineering
4. Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA (United States). Materials Department

The X-ray Powder Diffraction (XPD) Beamline at the National Synchrotron Light Source-II is a multipurpose instrument designed for high-resolution, high-energy X-ray scattering techniques. In this paper, the capabilities, opportunities and recent developments in the characterization of radioactive materials at XPD are described. The overarching goal of this work is to provide researchers access to advanced synchrotron techniques suited to the structural characterization of materials for advanced nuclear energy systems. XPD is a new beamline providing high photon flux for X-ray Diffraction, Pair Distribution Function analysis and Small Angle X-ray Scattering. The infrastructure and software described here extend the existing capabilities at XPD to accommodate radioactive materials. Such techniques will contribute crucial information to the characterization and quantification of advanced materials for nuclear energy applications. Finally, we describe the automated radioactive sample collection capabilities and recent X-ray Diffraction and Small Angle X-ray Scattering results from neutron irradiated reactor pressure vessel steels and oxide dispersion strengthened steels.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE); USDOE Office of Science (SC)
• Grant/Contract Number: SC0012704
• OSTI ID: 1426468
• Alternate ID(s): OSTI ID: 1549514
• Report Number(s): BNL-203326-2018-JAAM; TRN: US1802291
• Journal Information: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 880, Issue C; ISSN 0168-9002
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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