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Bridgewater, Jon S.

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Defects and Mechanical Behavior of Plutonium [Slides]

Defects are important because they heavily influence material properties (e.g. strength, ductility, elasticity, conductivity, phase transformation temperatures (melting point), corrosion resistance, etc.). At LANL defects in plutonium are being characterized using many different methods (e.g. EXAFS, XRD, microscopy, RUS, DSC, dilatometry, density, etc.) My goal is to introduce a complimentary method of understanding defects in δ-Pu using the mechanical microscope concept. Using well-developed theories of first principles strengthening mechanisms (i.e. how defects influence strength) and carefully designed experiments, mechanical testing can compliment other defect characterization tools.

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Learning Team Review 2016-0001: Installing Outlets for Programmatic Equipment

The purpose of a Learning Team is to transfer and communicate the information into operational feedback and improvement. We want to pay attention to the small things that go wrong because they are often early warning signals and may provide insight into the health of the whole system. An ESR was placed in the October of 2015 to move/install a number of 120V and 208V outlets in 455-104B to support programmatic furnace needs. Electrical design review was completed for ESR 22217 on February 22, 2016 and a Design Change Form completed describing the modification needed as: demolish 1 existing receptacle and circuit leaving conduit and jbox for use to install new receptacle and 5 new receptacles/circuits are required and one existing receptacle is to be relocated, listed under FSR 149229. The FSR scope of work was written:: Please have the Electricians come out to perform demolition (1ea.), installation (6ea.)& relocation (1ea.) of receptacles / circuits. ESR 22217 & DCF-16-35-0455-1281 is in place for this work. Coordinate final receptacle locations with Laboratory Resident. Contact John Dunwoody or O-MC for this information. WO# 545580-01 was signed on April 20, 2016.: Electricians to perform demolition, installation, & relocation of receptacles / circuits PER attached DCF-16-0455-1281-SK-1.

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Nuclear Material Detection by One-Short-Pulse-Laser-Driven Neutron Source

Covered in the PowerPoint presentation are the following areas: Motivation and requirements for active interrogation of nuclear material; laser-driven neutron source; neutron diagnostics; active interrogation of nuclear material; and, conclusions, remarks, and future works.

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