Fuels for Advanced Reactors

Mechanical and Microstructural Evolution of Proton Irradiated Cr-doped UO2

3:15–3:35PM MDT

Miguel Pena (LANL), Arjen van Veelen, Adrien Terricabras (LANL), Hi Vo (LANL), Matthew Chancey (LANL), Yongqiang Wang (LANL), Sarah C. Finkeldei (University of California Irvine), Joshua T. White (LANL)

Microstructure- and Fission-Gas-Controlled Cracking and Fragmentation of UO₂ under Rapid Thermal Transients

3:35–3:55PM MDT

Jie Lian (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Kevin Yan, Dong Zhao (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Andre Broussard (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

Initial Post-Irradiation Examination Results for ANEEL Fuel, a Novel Mixed Thorium-Uranium Oxide Fuel

3:55–4:15PM MDT

Michael Worrall (Clean Core Thorium Energy), Kelley Walker (INL), Paul Chan (Clean Core Thorium Energy), Mehul R. Shah (Clean Core Thorium Energy)

A Comprehensive Study of Surrogate Nitride Fuel for Advanced Nuclear Reactors Prepared by Spark Plasma Sintering

4:15–4:35PM MDT

Blake Wilson (Materials In eXtremes Lab, Department of Nuclear Engineering, North Carolina State University)

Out-of-Pile Evaluation of Thermal Contact Conductance Parameters on Measurements of Surrogate Fuel Specimen Thermal Conductivity

4:35–4:55PM MDT

Trevor Parker (ORNL), Jacob P. Gorton (ORNL), Kenneth Cooper (ORNL), Richard H. Howard (ORNL)