Showing 7 results for Author: Thomas M. Butcher
Aug, 2026
ORNL Report
The AMMT work package for fiscal year 2026 entitled Component Manufacturing and Demonstrations from AM 316 SS includes three activities that showcases qualities of AM 316 SS that are relevant to the domestic nuclear power sector. The design and fabrication of capsules for INL provide a basis for studying the complexities of interaction of AM 316H SS with salt used in molte…
Sep, 2025
ORNL Report
The Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies (AMMT) program previously demonstrated an additively manufactured (AM) irradiation capsule (commonly referred to as a “rabbit”) from 316H stainless steel (SS) for insertion into the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)1. This report details efforts to design and fabricate an AM pressu…
Jul, 2025
Journal
An additively manufactured 316L stainless steel pressure limiting structure (PLS) has been designed as an end cap for an irradiation capsule to be inserted into the high flux isotope reactor (HFIR) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The PLS was printed using a laser powder bed fusion printer and includes a thin cylindrical rupture wall, a shield, and internal supports to fa…
Jul, 2025
ORNL Report
As part of the Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies (AMMT) Program’s work package Component Manufacturing and Demonstrations from AM 316 SS, irradiation capsules have been additively manufactured (AM) from 316H stainless steel for insertion into the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). The irradiation capsules (commonly ref…
Nov, 2023
ORNL Report
The Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies (AMMT) Program was formed in FY 2022 by the combination of three previous US Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy programs: • Advanced Methods for Manufacturing • Nuclear Materials Discover and Qualification Initiative • Transformational Challenge Reactor (TCR) This milestone report focuses on converting the fo…