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November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Researchers use one-of-a-kind expertise and capabilities to test fuels of tomorrow
At the Idaho National Laboratory Hot Fuel Examination Facility, containment box operator Jake Maupin moves a manipulator arm into position around a pencil-thin nuclear fuel rod. He is preparing for a procedure that he and his colleagues have practiced repeatedly in anticipation of this moment in the hot cell.
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Statistical analysis of test results obtained by crushing SiC and ZrO2 yielded the optimum design characteristics for a miniature jaw crusher. The device was needed to reduce subcritical amounts of plutonium ceramics to sizes suitable for reactor use. Tests were conducted with a prototype jaw crusher in which crushing speed, jaw clearance, jaw angle, ratio of feed size to jaw clearance, and feed rate could be varied. A crusher built with the optimum design characteristics crushed (U, Pu)O2 to the particle-size distribution that was predicted and desired.
