© 2026, Konstantina Palli, Athina Pakou, Antonio Moro, Patrick O'Malley, Luis Acosta, Angel Sánchez-Bénitez, George Souliotis, Eli Aguilera, Eduardo Andrade, David Godos, Onoufrios Sgouros, Vasileios Soukeras, Clementina Agodi, Thomas Bailey, Dan Bardayan, Chevelle Boomershine, Maxime Brodeur, Francesco Cappuzello, Scott Caramichael, Manuela Cavallaro, Stefania Dede, Jose Duenas, Joseph Henning, Kevin Lee, William Porter, Fabio Rivero, William von Seeger.We will present a survey of our recent results on the reaction mechanism of 8B+nat Zr below the Coulomb barrier. Elastic scattering and breakup measurements were previously performed at 26.5 MeV (90% of the Coulomb barrier) at the TriSol radioactive ion beam facility of the University of Notre Dame. Complementary elastic scattering results were also obtained for the core of 8B, the 7Be nucleus, at various sub- and near-barrier energies. Total reaction and breakup cross sections, as well as critical interaction distances, were determined and compared with existing results for weakly and well-bound projectiles on various targets. The results indicate the importance of direct mechanisms below barrier and the distinction between weakly-bound and well-bound projectiles.