Nuclear Fuels and Claddings

Impact of uranium bicarbide mixture fuel performance on nuclear rockets

1:00–1:20PM MST

Jeremy D. Smith (University of Florida), Jhonathan Rosales (NASA - MSFC), Vishal Yadav (University of Florida), Justin K. Watson (University of Florida), Michael R. Tonks (University of Florida)

Multiscale Modeling of High Burnup UO2

1:20–1:40PM MST

Karim Ahmed (Texas A&M University)

Fission Gas Adsorbent in PWR Fuel Rod Plenum for Rod Internal Pressure Mitigation at High Burnup

1:40–2:00PM MST

Eunchae Sim (Seoul National University), Koroush Shirvan (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Youho Lee (Seoul National University)

Hydride Reorientation in Zirconium Alloy Cladding During Normal Operation of High-Burnup LEU+ Fuel: Two Possible Pathways

2:00–2:20PM MST

Junhee LIM (Seoul National University), Youho Lee (Seoul National University)

Estimating Characteristic Times for Hydrogen Redistribution and Dissociation in δ-ZrH for Microreactor Applications

2:20–2:40PM MST

Felicity M. Griffin (Penn State), Stefano Terlizzi (Penn State - Ken and Mary Alice Linquist Department of Nuclear Engineering)