Recent Publications:
- Y. Chen, B. Alexandreanu, K. Natesan, Z. Li(g), Y. Yang, A. S. Rao. 2015 Cracking behavior of thermally aged and irradiated CF-8 cast austenitic stainless steel. Journal of Nuclear Materials. In press.
- Z. Li(g), W.-Y. Lo(g), Y. Chen, J. Pakarinen, Y. Wu, T. Allen and Y. Yang. 2015. Irradiation response of delta ferrite in as-cast and thermally aged cast stainless steel. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 466: 201-207
- Gigax, E. Aydogan, T. Chen, L. Shao, Y. Wu(g), W. Y. Lo(g), Y. Yang, and F. A. Garner. 2015. The influence of ion beam rastering on the swelling of self-ion irradiated pure ion at 450ºC. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 465: 343-348
- Allen, D. Kaoumi, J. P. Wharry, Z. Jiao, C. Topbasi, A. Kohnert, L. Barnard, A. Certain, K. Field, G. Was, D. Morgan, A. Motta, B. Wirth, Y. Yang. 2015. Characterization of microstructure and property evolution in advanced cladding and duct: Materials exposed to high dose and elevated temperature. Journal of Mater. Research. 30: 1246-1274
- W.-Y. Lo(g), N. Silva(g), R. Winmann-Smith(&), and Y. Yang, 2015. Effects of Cr on the interdiffusion between Ce and Fe-Cr alloys. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 458: 264-271
- C. Sun, S. Zhang, C.C. Wei, Y. Wu(g), L. Shao, Y. Yang, KT. Hartwig, S. Maloy, S. Zinkle, T. Allen, H. Wang, X. Zhang. 2015. Superior radiation-resistant nanoengineered austenitic 304L stainless steel for applications in extreme radiation environments. Scientific Report, 5
- Wei-yang Lo(g) and Yong Yang. 2014 Vanadium Diffusion Coating on HT-9 Cladding For Mitigating the Fuel Cladding Chemical Interactions. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 451(1): 137-142
- M. Song, Y. Wu(g), D. Chen, X. Wang, C. Sun, K. Yu, Y. Chen, L. Shao, Y. Yang, KT Hartwig, X. Zhang. 2014 Response of equal channel angular extrusion processed ultrafine-grained T91 steel subjected to high temperature heavy ion irradiation. Acta Materialia, 74: 285-295
- Y. Yang, W-Y Lo(g), C. Dickerson, T. Allen. 2014. Stoichiometry effect on the irradiation response in the microstructure of zirconium carbides. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 454: 130-135
- C. Sun, J. Ma, Y. Yang, K. Hartwig, S. Maloy, H. Wang, X. Zhang. 2014. Temperature and Grain Size Dependent Plastic Instability and Strain Rate Sensitivity of Ultrafine Grained Austenitic Fe-14Cr-16Ni alloy. Materials Science and Engineering A. 597: 2014: 415-421
- Dickerson, Y. Yang, and Todd Allen. 2012. Defects and microstructural evolution of proton irradiated titanium carbide. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 424: 62-68
Referred conference papers:
- K. Jeong(g), S. S. Huang, and Y. Yang. 2015. Innovative coating of vanadium carbide on the F/M stainless steel for mitigating fuel cladding chemical interaction. Transactions of the American Nuclear Society. Accepted.
- Z. Li(g), Y. Chen, and Y. Yang. 2015. Comparison Between Thermal Aging and Low Dose Neutron Irradiation Effects on Ferrites in a Duplex Structure Stainless Steel. Transactions of the American Nuclear Society. Accepted
- W-Y Lo(g), S. Huang(p), N. Strombom(g) and Yong Yang. 2014. Low-Temperature Chemical Vapor Deposition of Vanadium Carbide for Mitigating the FCCI. Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, 111: 583-583
- Silva(g), Y. Yang. 2014. Hydrogen Migration, Precipitation and Re-orientation in Nuclear Spent Fuel Cladding in Dry Storage. Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, 110: 900-900
- C.E. Beyer, J. Tulenko, Y. Yang, G. Fuchs, J. Stubbins, J. Eapen, K. Murty. 2013. Low temperature creep of used nuclear fuel during long term dry storage. 14th International High-level Radioactive Waste Management Conference, IHLRWMC 2013: Integrating Storage, Transportation, and Disposal, 2: 657-665
- Y. Yang, Y. R. Chen, Y. Huang, T. Allen, A. Rao. 2012. Irradiation Microstructure of Austenitic Steels and Cast Steels Irradiated in the BOR-60 Reactor at 320°C. Proceeding of 15th Int. Conf. Environ. Degrad. Mater. Nucl. Power Syst., 2137-2148
- Y. Chen, B. Alexandreanu, Y. Yang, W. J. Shack, K. Natesan, E. E. Gruber, A.S. Rao, 2012. Crack Growth Behavior of Irradiated Type 316 SS in Low Dissolved Oxygen Environment, Proceeding of 15th Int. Conf. Environ. Degrad. Mater. Nucl. Power Syst., 1169-1182