Development of Material Studies at the LANL UCN Facility Focusing on Actinide Hydriding and Fission Damage
The aging of as-built actinide surfaces in static and dynamic environments is a complex problem of high importance to LANL’s core mission. Many standard material science tools used to study this problem are ideal for highly controlled, lab-made samples. The goal of this work is to use ultracold neutrons to bridge the gap between lab made and as-built surface aging studies. This capability is unique to LANL and will support our core mission.
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