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Biography
Dr. Heather Chichester is the director of the Post-Irradiation Examination division at Idaho National Laboratory’s Materials and Fuels Complex. She manages the Hot Fuel Examination Facility (HFEF) and the Neutron Radiography (NRAD) reactor to produce INL nuclear science and technology mission outcomes. She is responsible for strategic planning, work execution, facility operations, prioritization, and personnel development. She holds a Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and earned her bachelor’s in Nuclear Engineering at University of Wisconsin-Madison. Before coming to INL in 2006, she was a member of the Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative Techincal Intergration Team at Sandia National Laboratory. Since May 2010 she has been an adjunct faculty member of University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Department of Engineering Physics.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Nuclear Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bachelor, Nuclear Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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High Spatial Resolution Mapping of Retained Fission Gas
Brookhart, J., Martinez, A., Olson, J., Eiden, G. & Chichester, H., Oct 7 2024.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
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Irradiation performance of nonfertile (Pu-MA-Zr) fast reactor metal fuels
Chichester, H. J. M., Hilton, B. A., Hayes, S. L., Capriotti, L., Medvedev, P. G. & Porter, D. L., Dec 15 2020, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 542, 152480.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Postirradiation Examination of FUTURIX-FTA metallic alloy experiments
Harp, J. M., Capriotti, L. & Chichester, H. J. M., Mar 2019, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 515, p. 420-433 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Postirradiation examination on metallic fuel in the AFC-2 irradiation test series
Harp, J. M., Capriotti, L., Chichester, H. J. M., Medvedev, P. G., Porter, D. L. & Hayes, S. L., Oct 2018, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 509, p. 454-464 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Postirradiation examination results of several metallic fuel alloys and forms from low burnup AFC irradiations
Harp, J. M., Chichester, H. J. M. & Capriotti, L., Oct 2018, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 509, p. 377-391 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access54 Scopus citations
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American Nuclear Society (ANS) (External organization)
Marsden, K. (Member), Joe, J. (Member), Mandelli, D. (Member), Agarwal, V. (Member), Yoon, S.-J. (Member), Chichester, H. (Member), Youngblood, R. (Member), Urban-Klaehn, J. (Member), Spencer, B. (Member), Lambert, J. (Member), Eggers, S. (Member), Anselmi, T. (Member), Hunton, P. (Member), Christensen, J. (Member), Qin, S. (Member), Woods, M. (Member) & Taylor, C. (Member)
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