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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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Technical Session|Sponsored by Evolution of Material Properties
Tuesday, December 12, 2023|8:00–9:40AM CST|Galerie 1
Session Chair:
Brian Wirth (University of Tennessee)
Alternate Chair:
Thak Sang Byun (ORNL)
Track Organizers:
Dong Liu (University of Bristol)
Gary Was (Univ. Michigan)
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An Integrated Statistical-Thermodynamic Model for Fission Gas Swelling and Release in Nuclear Fuels
8:00–8:20AM CST
C.K.C. Lieou (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), N.A. Capps (ORNL), M.W.D. Cooper (LANL), P.-C.A. Simon (INL), B.D. Wirth (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
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Development of Instrumented Advanced Test Reactor Irradiation Capsule Experiment for In-situ Thermal Conductivity Measurements of High-Density Fuels
8:20–8:40AM CST
C. Downey (INL), K. Jewell (INL), M. Turkmen (INL), D. Chapman (INL), R. Sandbek (INL), J. Watkins (INL), L. Sudderth (INL)
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Fractography of High Burnup Spent Nuclear Fuel Rods from Cyclic Bending Fatigue Failure
8:40–9:00AM CST
Yadukrishnan Sasikumar (ORNL), Paul Cantonwine (ORNL), Rose Montgomery (ORNL)
Atomistic-Scale Simulations of Creep in Uranium Oxide Nuclear Fuel
9:00–9:20AM CST
Conor Galvin (LANL), David Andersson (LANL), Ryan T. Sweet (INL), Laurent Capolungo (LANL), Michael W. Cooper (LANL)
Irradiation Enhanced Creep in UO2 from Cluster Dynamics Simulation of Grain Boundaries
9:20–9:40AM CST
W.D. Neilson (LANL), C.O.T. Galvin (LANL), M.W.D. Cooper (LANL), D.A. Andersson (LANL)