TopFuel 2025: Nuclear Reactor Fuel Performance Conference

Full Issue

Framatome's ATRIUM 11 BWR Fuel Assembly - a Robust Platform for Advanced Fuel Management

Steven Cole (Framatome), Jason Medina (Framatome), Norman Garner (Framatome), Sean Gray (Framatome), Kevin Mon (Framatome)

GNF Fuel Reliability and Experience: 2025 Update

Robert Schneider (Global Nuclear Fuel), Ian Porter (Global Nuclear Fuel), Dan Lutz (Global Nuclear Fuel)

TRITON11 Fuel Performance Evaluation

B. Andersson (Westinghouse Electric Co.), E. Angland (Westinghouse Electric Co.), U.C. Bergmann (Westinghouse Electric Co.)

Demonstration Program of Eight Lead Test Assemblies in Trillo NPP

Lucile Fallot (ENUSA Industrial Avanzadas, S.A), Nuria Doncel (ENUSA Industrial Avanzadas, S.A), Alicia Sanchez (ENUSA INDUSTRIAS AVANZADAS S.A., S.M.E.), César Tortuero (CNAT), Alberto Ortego (CNAT), Carolin Holmkvist (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Magnus Norlén (Westinghouse Electric Co.)

SCIP III Heating Tests and the Parametric Study of Fuel Fragmentation

Joakim K.-H. Karlsson (Studsvik), Pia Tejland (Studsvik), Per Magnusson (Studsvik), Anders Puranen (AB SVAFO)

A Double Heating Test and the Quest to Understand the Driving Force of Fuel Fragmentation

Joakim K.-H. Karlsson (Studsvik), Pia Tejland (Studsvik), Per Magnusson (Studsvik), Olof Tengstrand (Studsvik Nuclear AB), Daniel Jädernäs (Vattenfall Nuclear Fuel), Kyle Johnson (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Anders Puranen (AB SVAFO)

Prediction of Measured Increase in Cladding Temperature at Post-CHF Conditions

Zeses Karoutas (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Yixing Sung (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Fredrik Waldemarsson (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Gregory Stehle (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Jean-Marie Le Corre (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Uffe Bergmann (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Andreas Wikström (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Tiago Moreira (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Mark Anderson (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)

Metallograph Interpretation for Post-LOCA Bending Fracture Modeling

Jean Desquines (ASNR), Tatiana Taurines (ASNR), Séverine Guilbert (ASNR), Marine Guemas (ASNR), Jonathan Quibel (ASNR), Nicolas Cillères (ASNR)

Considerations for Thermal Annealing of Zr-Alloy Cladding During Dry Storage

Paul Cantonwine (ORNL), Ryan Karkkainen (ORNL), Rose Montgomery (ORNL), M. Nedim Cinbiz (ORNL), Yadu Sasikumar (ORNL), Ricardo Torres (PNNL), Rick Shimskey (PNNL), Gordon Petersen (INL), Jeff Reed (Framatome), Matthieu Aumand (Framatome), Ian Porter (GE-Vernova), David Mitchell (EPRI), Guirong Pan (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Prasad Nair (U.S. Department of Energy), Steve Vitto (U.S. Department of Energy), Joe Faldowski (EPRI)

Effect of Annealing on the Thermal Creep of Irradiated Zr-1%Nb Cladding

Alica Fedoriková (Research Centre Řež), Michael Sovadina (Reseach Centre Řež), Zdeněk Fencl (Reseach Centre Řež), Martin Dostál (UJV Rez), Jan Klouzal (UJV Rez)

Microstructural Characteristics of Hydride Precipitation in Partially Recrystallized Zirconium Alloys and Its Effect on Mechanical Integrity

Donghyeon Son (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Junhee Lim (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Haneol Noh (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Youho Lee (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)

Analysis of Axial Hydrogen Diffusion and Hydride Precipitation in Zirconium Alloy Nuclear Fuel Claddings

Sebastian Niedermeyer (Paul Scherrer Institute), Pavel Trtik (Paul Scherrer Institute), Maik Stuke (BGZ Company for Interim Storage), Robert Zubler (Paul Scherrer Institute), Manuel A. Pouchon (Paul Scherrer Institute), Liliana I. Duarte (Paul Scherrer Institute), Johannes Bertsch (Paul Scherrer Institute)

Initial Results from Post Irradiation Examination of AGR-5/6/7 TRISO Fuel

William F. Cureton (ORNL), Tyler Gerczak (ORNL), John D. Hunn (ORNL), Fred Montgomery (ORNL), Grant W. Helmreich (ORNL), Martino Hooghkirk (ORNL), Jesse W. Werden (ORNL), Tyson Jordan (ORNL), Stephen Trewhitt (ORNL)

Preliminary Results from Post-irradiation Heating Tests of Low and High-Temperature AGR-5/6/7 Fuel Compacts

John D. Stempien (INL), Lu Cai (INL), Paul A. Demkowicz (INL), Edward L. Reber (INL), Kelley V. Walker (INL), Cad L. Christensen (INL)

Debonding Modeling of TRISO layers with BISON

Wen Jiang (NCSU), Antonio Recuero (LLNL), Jacob Hirschhorn (INL), Ryan Sweet (INL)

Assessment of buffer-IPyC Thermomechanical Debonding Behavior using New Experiment Strength Data in BISON

Zuzanna Krajewska (INL), William F. Skerjanc (INL), Wen Jiang (NCSU), John D. Stempien (INL)

Practical Uses of Multi-objective Optimization in the NuScale Equilibrium Core Design

Benjamin C. Lilley (NuScale Power)

Optimization and Licensing of In Core Fuel Management to Support Continued Operation of Doel 4 and Tihange 3

Maxime Haedens (Tractebel), Antony Martini (Tractebel), Jinzhao Zhang (Tractebel), Arnaud Meert (ENGIE-Electrabel), Nadine Hollasky (Bel V), Olivier Smidts (Bel V)

ARGOS Real Time Predictions

L. Ackermann (Framatome), T. Bajat (Framatome SAS), E. Corrieri (Framatome SAS), A. Grossetete (Framatome SAS), S. Merk (Framatome)

B-10 Depletion Tracking for BWR CRBs: How Hard Can it Be?

John Loberg (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Rickard Land (Forsmarks Kraftgrupp), Kenneth Göransson (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Christer Netterbrant (OKG)

Development Progress of Chromium Coated Cladding for PWR Fuel

Y. Okada (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries), D. Sato (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries), Y. Shinohara (MHI Nuclear Development Co.), S. Yamashita (JAEA), D. Kamerman (INL)

Development of a Mechanistic Model for Loss of Protectiveness Behavior in Cr-Coated ATF and Its Application to Embrittlement under Extended Single-Sided Oxidation

Dongju Kim (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Youho Lee (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)

Oxidation Resistant Cr-Nb-N PVD Coatings for Cladding Protection in BWR Conditions

Johan Nyman (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Zaheen Shah (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Antoine Claisse (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Magnus Limbäck (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Andrea Fazi (Chalmers Univ.), Mattias Thuvander (Chalmers Univ.)

Experimental Investigation of CrNb Coatings for BWRs and PWRs

Petr Cervenka (MIT), Andrea Fazi (MIT), Arunkumar Seshadri (MIT), Martin Sevecek (Czech Technical Univ. Prague), Koroush Shirvan (MIT)

Cladding Rupture Calculations for High Burnup Fuel to Assess Beyond-Design-Basis LOCA Analysis Assumptions for Pressurized Water Reactors

Kevin J. Barber (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Jeffrey R. Kobelak (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Tristan A. Gibbons (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Jonathan Danley (Westinghouse Electric Co.)

X-ray Tomography Analysis of Chromium Coated Cladding Tubes After LOCA Testing

Charbal A. (CEA), Brachet J-C (CEA), Touze G (CEA), Le Hong T (CEA), Gokelaere P (CEA), Prou C (CEA)

Discussion on Fuel Rod Gas Behavior During the Ductile Phase of a Semi-Integral LOCA Test

Tatiana Taurines (ASNR), Jean Desquines (ASNR), Olivier Marchand (ASNR), Joakim Karlsson (Studsvik Nuclear), Per Magnusson (Studsvik Nuclear), Mi Wang (Studsvik Nuclear), Pia Tejland (Studsvik Nuclear)

Audit Methodology Development for Coolability Assessment of Deformed Fuel during LOCA

Joosuk Lee (KINS), Seulbeen Kim (KINS), Jang Keun Park (KINS)

Advanced Characterization of Hydrogen in Zirconium-Based Cladding Using High-Resolution Neutron Imaging

L. I. Duarte (Paul Scherrer Institute), B. Buzzatti (Paul Scherrer Institute), S. Niedermeyer (Paul Scherrer Institute), O. Yetik (Paul Scherrer Institute), R. Zubler (Paul Scherrer Institute), G. Girardin (Kernkraftwerk Gsoegen), P. Trtik (Paul Scherrer Institute), J. Bertsch (Paul Scherrer Institute)

Hydrogen Impact on Mechanical Properties of Duplex Cladding for Dry Storage Conditions: Preliminary Tests

Benedetta Maria Buzzatti (Paul Scherrer Institute), Johannes Bertsch (Paul Scherrer Institute), Alina Horwege (Paul Scherrer Institute), Robert Zubler (Paul Scherrer Institute), Liliana I. Duarte (Paul Scherrer Institute)

Spent Fuel Oxidation in Non-Inert Atmospheres

Martínez L (ENUSA INDUSTRIAS AVANZADAS SME), Canencia R (ENUSA INDUSTRIAS AVANZADAS SME), Muñoz A (ENRESA), Lentijo F (ENRESA), Milena-Pérez A (Studsvik), Chen J (Studsvik)

Hydride Reprecipitation in Prototypical 17x17 PWR Fuel Rods after Simulated Vacuum Drying Conditions

Rose Montgomery (ORNL), Cade Hilger (University of Missouri of Science and Technology), Michael Billone (ANL), Yadukrishnan Sasikumar (ORNL), Paul Cantonwine (ORNL), Bruce Bevard (ORNL)

Mechanical Effects of Hydrogen on Cladding Material: Results of a Hot Cell Investigation

Kevin Mon (Framatome), V. Ioan Arimescu (Nufology PLus, LLC), John Beale (EPRI)

Assessing PCI Deconditioning Rate for BWR Fuel from Post-irradiation Measurements

Paul Blair (Vattenfall Nuclear Fuel), Daniel Jädernäs (Vattenfall Nuclear Fuel), David Schrire (Studsvik), Clara Anghel (Vattenfall Nuclear Fuel), Amarilys F. Oquendo (Vattenfall Nuclear Fuel), David Palko (Forsmarks Kraftgrupp), Daniel Larsson (Forsmarks Kraftgrupp), John W. Beale (EPRI), M. Gomaa Abdoelatef (EPRI)

Investigation of the Correlations between BWR Cladding Hydrogen Uptake and Fuel Rod In-Reactor Operating Parameters

Brita Helmersson (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Jean-Marie LeCorre (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Jenny Eliasson (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Erik Angland (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Magnus Limbäck (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Zaheen Shah (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Lars Hallstadius (Westinghouse Electric Co.)

Study of the Ballooning Behavior based on the Validation of the MERCURY for Halden IFA-650.5,9 and 10 Experiments

Hyochan Kim (KAERI), Jangsoo Oh (KAERI), Changhwan Shin (KAERI)

Simulation of Clad Ballooning during NSRR RIA Tests with the Fuel Performance Code ALCYONE

Isabelle Guénot-Delahaie (CEA), Jérôme Sercombe (CEA), Antoine Bouloré (CEA), Clément Introïni (CEA), Rodrigue Largenton (EDF), Xavier Haller (Framatome)

CIP3-3 Test Results and First Post-Test Calculations with SCANAIR Code

Georgenthum V (ASNR), Gruel A (ASNR), Moal A (ASNR), Gossens J-P (ASNR)

Introduction of New Limits for Reactivity Initiated Accidents in Switzerland

A. Gorzel (ENSI), J. Dus (ENSI), K. Macku (ENSI), J. Ulrich (ENSI), G. Khvostov (PSI Center for Nuclear Engineering and Sciences)

Closing the Fuel Cycle: Demonstrating the Manufacturability of SFR Fuel using Plutonium from Spent MOX PWR Fuel

Mayeul Phélip (CEA/DES/DPE), Thierry Lambert (CEA/DES/IRESNE), Eric Tronche (CEA/DES/ISEC), Frédéric Laugier (EDF/DCN), Laure Diaz (EDF/DCN), Jérémy Nos (ORANO/BURE)

A Toolkit for Efficiently Design a Load Plan for Spent Nuclear Fuel Temporal Storage

Alfonso Barbas Espa (ENUSA), Marta Berrios Torres (ENUSA), María Zurron García (ENUSA)

Characterizing the Thermal Response of a Passive Resonant Wireless Sensor for Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Applications

Robert J. Demuth (University of South Carolina), Shawn C. Stafford (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Jorge V. Carvajal (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Luke Breon (EPRI), Travis W. Knight (University of South Carolina)

The U.S. Accident Tolerant Fuels Program: Recent Accomplishments and Transition to Deployment

D. Wachs (INL), N. Capps (ORNL), A. Colldeweih (INL), C. Jensen (INL), P. King (INL), D. Kamerman (INL), K. Linton (ORNL), N. Oldham (INL), F. Goldner (DOE Office of Nuclear Energy)

Westinghouse EnCore Accident Tolerant Fuel and High Energy Program Update

Zeses Karoutas (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Robert Schillat (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Michael Boone (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Jorie Walters (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Ed Lahoda (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Katerina Frederick (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Nicholas Pocquette (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Roy Matway (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Ellen Feldsien (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Frank Boylan (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Radu Pomirleanu (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Antoine Claisse (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Kyle Johnson (Westinghouse Electric Co.)

GNF's Accident Tolerant Fuel Program

David Barrientos (Global Nuclear Fuel), Ian Porter (Global Nuclear Fuel), Allan Jaworski (Global Nuclear Fuel), Dan Lutz (Global Nuclear Fuel), Russ Fawcett (Global Nuclear Fuel), Rich Augi (Global Nuclear Fuel)

PROtect: The E-ATF Solution by Framatome - Overview of Recent Achievements and Next Steps

T. Garnier (Framatome), N. Vioujard (Framatome), M. Harkin (Framatome)

Unlocking Economic Nuclear Capacity: The Role of Advanced Fuel Technologies in Power Uprates

K. Shirvan (MIT), A. Csontos (NEI)

An IAEA Review of Status and Current Practices on Structural Behaviours of Fuel Assemblies in Light Water Cooled Reactors

Jinzhao Zhang (Tractebel Engineering), Ki Seob Sim (Consultant), Cristina Muñoz-Reja Ruiz (ENUSA), Guillaume Ricciardi (CEA), Julien Pacull (Framatome), Andrey Alekseyev (Kurchatov Institute), Yeldos Kultayev (IAEA)

Experience Feedback on Framatome's PWR Structural Material Q12 at Increased Burnups

E. W. Schweitzer (Framatome), V. Schoss (Framatome), V. Chabretou (Framatome), J. O'Shaughnessy (Framatome)

Digital Solutions for Visual Fuel Assembly Inspection

Markus Wicklein (Framatome)

LaSip System: Precision Leak Detection for Old Fuel, Small Leakers, and Fuel Repair Verification

Lage Fridemo (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Ben Strengell (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Andreas Fristedt Åblad (Westinghouse Electric Co.)

Irradiation Testing and Scaling Progress on General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems' Silicon Carbide Cladding Technology (SiGA®)

Sean Gonderman (General Atomics), David Frazer (General Atomics), Lucas Borowski (General Atomics), Rolf Haefelfinger (General Atomics), Mohammad Alavi (General Atomics), Aaron Sathrum (General Atomics), Ryan Hon (General Atomics), Sarah Oswald (General Atomics), Andrew Giles (General Atomics), William Campbell (General Atomics), Jackie Unangst (General Atomics), Will McMahon (General Atomics), Derek Kuebler (General Atomics), Christy Jones (General Atomics), Josh Quan (General Atomics), Alden Moore (General Atomics), George Jacobsen (General Atomics), Christian Deck (General Atomics), David Kamerman (INL), Jake Stockwell (INL), Peng Xu (INL), Jack Gazza (General Atomics)

Evaluation of a Fission Product Release from Accident Tolerant Fuels in the Advanced Test Reactor

Delaney Stine (INL), Brian Durtschi (INL), Michael Reichenberger (INL), David Kamerman (INL)

Mechanical Response of HFIR-irradiated E-ATF Cr-coated M5FRAMATOME Cladding under Simple and Complex Loading Conditions

M. Nedim Cinbiz (ORNL), Hong Wang (ORNL), Benton Garrison (ORNL), Kory Linton (ORNL), Paul Cantonwine (ORNL), Matthieu Aumand (Framatome)

Benchmark Mechanical Test Results of Westinghouse Zirconium Cladding and Irradiated Testing Readiness

Ben Garrison (ORNL), Guirong Pan (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Ethan Blount (ORNL), Bob Sitterson (ORNL), Josh Kendall (ORNL), Jason Harp (ORNL), M. Nedim Cinbiz (ORNL), Nathan Capps (ORNL), Allison DeAbreu (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Ellen Feldsien (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Charles Black III (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Jonna M. Partezana (Westinghouse Electric Co.)

An Experimental and Theoretical Study of Fission Gas Kr Speciation in Spent Nuclear Fuel by X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy and First-Principles Calculations

Goutam Kuri (Paul Scherrer Institute), Johannes Bertsch (Paul Scherrer Institute)

A Microstructurally Informed Model of High Burnup Structure in UO2 Fuel

W. Cade Brinkley (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Lauryn Reyes (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Nathan Capps (ORNL), Brian Wirth (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)

Lower-length-scale Informed Mechanistic Models to Predict Creep Rates in UO2 Fuel

Conor O.T. Galvin (LANL), Anton J. Schneider (LANL), Pieterjan Robbe (Sandia), David A. Andersson (LANL), Michael W. D. Cooper (LANL)

Kinetic Impact of Irradiation Defects on Fuel Thermal Conductivity: Modelling and Uncertainty

Antoine Boulore (CEA), Guillaume Damblin (CEA), Stéphane Bernaud (CEA)

Introducing HEPHAESTUS: A Furnace for Dry Storage Testing of Spent Nuclear Fuel at Studsvik's Hot Cells

Felix Boldt (BGZ Company for Interim Storage), Peter Kaufholz (BGZ Company for Interim Storage), Timo Neikes (BGZ Company for Interim Storage), Mathias Segerberg (Studsvik Nuclear AB), Maik Stuke (BGZ Company for Interim Storage), Pia Tejland (Studsvik Nuclear AB)

An Instrumented Capsule Design to Measure Thermal Conductivity in Miniature UO2 Specimens

Jacob P. Gorton (ORNL), Trevor Parker (ORNL), Kara M. Godsey (ORNL), Dillon Cranford (ORNL), Padhraic L. Mulligan (ORNL), Richard H. Howard (ORNL), Nathan Capps (ORNL), Christian M. Petrie (ORNL), Andrew T. Nelson (ORNL)

Design of an Out-Of-Pile Experimental Facility to Demonstrate the Feasibility of In Situ Thermal Conductivity Measurements of Nuclear Fuels Under Irradiation

Trevor Parker (Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)), Jacob P. Gorton (ORNL), Dillon Cranford (ORNL), Daniel C. Sweeney (ORNL), Padhraic L. Mulligan (ORNL), Christian M. Petrie (ORNL), Richard H. Howard (ORNL), Kenneth Cooper (ORNL)

Development of an In Situ Fission Gas Release Instrument for Fuel Sample Irradiations in the High Flux Isotope Reactor

Padhraic L. Mulligan (ORNL), Jacob P. Gorton (ORNL), Trevor Parker (ORNL), Dillon Cranford (ORNL), N. Dianne B. Ezell (ORNL), Richard H. Howard (ORNL), Christian M. Petrie (ORNL), Kara M. Godsey (ORNL), Nathan Capps (ORNL), Jason Harp (ORNL)

Recent Operating Experience with GNF-Ziron Cladding in BWRs

Zachary Ledford (Global Nuclear Fuel), Brianna Ashing (Global Nuclear Fuel), Ian Porter (Global Nuclear Fuel)

Atom Probe Characterization of Nb Nanocluster near the Oxide Film/Metal Interface in Nb-Doped PWR Cladding after In-Reactor Irradiation

Fumihiro Nakamori (Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry), Takashi Sawabe (Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry), Masaya Kozuka (Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry), Takeshi Sonoda (Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry)

Progress on the Thermomechanical Properties and Creep Behavior of ATF Ceramic Fuels

Christopher A. Butler (LANL), Joshua T. White (LANL), Austin Nichols (LANL)

Evolution of Microstructure of Advanced Zirconium Alloys with Increasing Level of Irradiation

Stanislav Linhart (ALVEL, a.s.), Josef Belac (ALVEL, a.s.), Radomir Rehacek (ALVEL, a.s.), Aleksey A. Shishkin (JSC TVEL), Maksim M. Grekhov (JSC TVEL), Alexander Y. Shevyakov (SC VNIINM), Vladimir V. Novikov (SC VNIINM), Vladimir A. Markelov (SC VNIINM), Petra Gavelova (Research Centre Rez), Patricie Halodova (Research Centre Rez)

Lightbridge Fuel Fabrication Modeling in ABAQUS with Experimental Comparisons

Kyle M. Paaren (Lightbridge), Eric Shaber (Lightbridge), Scott Holcombe (Lightbridge)

Numerical Analysis of the Impact of Kernel Quality on Fluidized Bed Chemical Vapor Deposition

Flavio Dal Forno Chuahy (ORNL), Bryan Conry (ORNL), Oluwafemi Oyedeji (ORNL), Charles Finney (ORNL), Eddie Lopez-Honorato (ORNL)

Buffering the Oxygen Potential of an Oxide Fuel using Niobium in Different Oxidation States

P. Garcia (CEA), S. Gobert (CEA), E. Douguet-Bronnec (CEA), F. Le Hello (CEA), J. Fouletier (Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc), F. Fournet-Fayard (Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc), C. Martial (CEA), F. Audubert (CEA), S. Valance (CEA), X. Iltis (CEA), M.-C. Steil (Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc)

Method Advancements for Fuel Spacer Grid Dynamic Characterization for Seismic and LOCA Events

Victor Hatman (Framatome), Eric Bourdais (Framatome), Brett Matthews (Framatome), Anaik Poulat (Framatome), Julien Pacull (Framatome)

Irradiation Vehicles for Evaluating SiC/SiC Cladding Bowing Under Neutron Flux Gradients

Nicholas G. Russell (ORNL), David Chandler (ORNL), Peter Doyle (ORNL), Takaaki Koyanagi (ORNL), Christian M. Petrie (ORNL)

Inspection of Cladding Coating with Wideband Laser Induced Guided Ultrasonic Waves

Andrew Campbell (Univ of South Carolina), Jiawei Guo (Univ of South Carolina), Boshi Chen (Univ of South Carolina), Jannatul Ferdausi (Univ of South Carolina), Yi Wang (Univ of South Carolina), Lingyu Yu (Univ. South Carolina), Victor Giurgiutiu (University of South Carolina)

Mechanical Testing of Hydrogen-Charged Cr-Coated Zirconium Alloy Fuel Claddings

Daniel Viands (University of South Carolina), Ian Hopkins (University of South Carolina), Jingjing Bao (University of South Carolina), Jorie Walters (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Xinyu Huang (University of South Carolina)

Cladding Creep Irradiations in the High Flux Reactor

Steven Knol (NRG|PALLAS), Viktors Grismanovs (NRG|PALLAS), Tim v. Lunteren (NRG|PALLAS)

Micromechanical Properties of the SiC and Pyrolytic Carbon Layers in Tristructural-Isotropic Coated Particles

Katherine I. Montoya (ORNL), Erik Herbert (ORNL), Andrew T. Nelson (ORNL), Tyler J. Gerczak (ORNL)

Sensitivity Analysis Applied to Mechanistic Calculation for Effective Diffusivity of Ag through the SiC Layer in TRISO particles with BISON

Caitlyn B. Parsons (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Pierre-Clément A. Simon (Idaho National Lab), Brian D. Wirth (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)

Investigation into the Effects of Pd Chemical Attack on Silicon Carbide in TRISO Particle Fuel

Bailey T. Bertrand (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Wen Jiang (North Carolina State University Nuclear Engineering Department), Brian D. Wirth (University of Tennessee Nuclear Engineering Department)

Lower Length Scale Simulations of Pd Solubility and Transport in TRISO Fuel Kernels

Michael W. Cooper (LANL), Benjamin Liu (LANL), Antoine Claisse (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Liping Cao (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Darren Skitt (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Parvez Khambatta (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Christopher Matthews (LANL)

Laser Powder Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing at Framatome: From Material/Machine/Process Qualification to Serial Production of Nuclear Fuel Components

Guillaume Badinier (Framatome), Didier Bardel (Framatome), Claude Simonot (Framatome), Stéphane Cachat (Framatome), Elmar Schweitzer (Framatome), Kevin Sohn (Framatome), Nate Schuyler (Framatome), Rémi-Paul Godier (Framatome)

Specialized use of Additive Manufacturing Techniques to Prototype and Evaluate Next Generation Spacer Grids

William Cleary (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Uffe Bergmann (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Oleksiy Riznychenko (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Edward Diloreto (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Jacob Lydick (Penn United Technologies)

Industrialization of LEU+ Fuel Fabrication Capability

Norman Garner (Framatome), Gannon Johnson (Framatome), Steven Cole (Framatome)

Joining Fuel Rod to End Cap with No Flaw. Repeatable.

Paul Cheng (FuseRing Inc.)

Development of CUPID-FRAPTRAN Integrated Code for LBLOCA Analysis

SungUk Lee (KAERI), Hyochan Kim (KAERI), Chang-Hwan Shin (KAERI), Jae Ryong Lee (KAERI), Seung-Jun Lee (KAERI)

Capabilities, Recent Developments, and Validation Status of the TESPA-ROD Fuel Performance Code for Nuclear Reactor Safety Analysis

Jonathan Sappl (GRS), Aleksandra Rezchikova (GRS), Robert Kilger (GRS)

Code-to-Code Benchmarking of PCMI among High-Fidelity Fuel Performance Codes

Milica Krstovic (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), Alessandro Scolaro (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne), Isabelle Guenot-Delahaie (CEA), Asko Arkoma (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland), Bruno Michel (CEA), Mathieu Hursin (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne)

On the Implementation of a Qualification Model for Nuclear Safety Codes, and its Application to the Verification & Validation of OFFBEAT

Karl J. X. Sturm (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), Edoardo L. Brunetto (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne), Sara Maccario (Paul Scherrer Institute), Carlo Fiorina (Texas A&M University College Station), Mathieu Hursin (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne), Alessandro Scolaro (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne)

Future Opportunities for LWR Irradiations in US Test Reactors

Nicolas E. Woolstenhulme (INL), Nate S. Oldham (INL), Austin D. Fleming (INL), Klint Anderson (INL), Charles P. Folsom (INL), Jacob P. Gorton (ORNL), Kory Linton (ORNL), David M. Carpenter (MIT), Gordon E. Kohse (MIT)

Developing New Fuels for High Performance Research Reactors

Rosemary A. Montgomery (ORNL), Scott Ravenhill (Department of Energy, NNSA), Brett Cox (Department of Energy, NNSA), Brian Waud (NNSA), Joan Dix (National Nuclear Security Administration)

NEA Second Framework for Irradiation Experiments FIDES-II: Building and Maintaining Competences Through International Collaboration

Markus Beilmann (Nuclear Energy Agency), Tatiana Ivanova (Nuclear Energy Agency), Koji Kitano (Nuclear Regulation Authority), Olivier Marchand (ASNR), Marek Miklos (Research Centre Rez), Ville Tulkki (Nuclear Energy Agency), Peter Ungelenk (Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit), Daniel M. Wachs (INL)

Pressure Drop Measurement Comparison between the Westinghouse EMBLA Loop and the ŠKODA JS KAZEX Loop

Fredrik Waldemarsson (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Michal Dostál (Škoda JS), Luděk Kroj (Škoda JS)

Exploring Spark Plasma Sintering as a Promising Method for TRISO Compact Fabrication

Anil Prasad (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory), Adam Cruse (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory), Andrew Bergeron (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory), Hygreeva Namburi (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory), James Buckley (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory), Jeffrey Battersby (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory), Lava K. Pillari (University of British Columbia), Owen Mottershead (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory), Patrick Morrison (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory), Reeghan Osmond (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory), Victoria Szlachta (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory), Zainab Ali (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory), Madalena Spencer (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory), Catherine Thiriet (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory), Lukas Bichler (University of British Columbia)

Advancements in TRISO Kernel Fabrication at Commercial Scale

Griffin Gayne (Standard Nuclear), Michael Trammell (Standard Nuclear)

TRISO-Particle-in-Compact Homogenization Methodology

Joseph Y.R. Rashid (Structural Integrity Associates, Inc.), Deena Jaber (Structural Integrity Associates), Wenfeng Liu (Structural Integrity Associates, Inc.), Anant Mohan (Structural Integrity Associates, Inc.), Alipasha Sadri (Celeris Engineering)

Development of a FEM-based TRISO Fuel Performance Code for Multi-scale FCM Fuel Analysis

Jongho Park (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Youho Lee (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)

GNF4 BWR Fuel Design

Weston Cundiff (Global Nuclear Fuel), Christopher Sedota (Global Nuclear Fuel), Jason Ingraham (Global Nuclear Fuel)

Framatome VVER-440 and VVER-1000 Fuel Assembly Developments: Project Targets and Outline of Development Methodology

Pascal Blanc (Framatome), Guy Gentet (Framatome SAS), Dounia Lhachemi (Framatome SAS), Marco Messingschlager (Framatome)

Extended Fuel Cycle Sensitivity Studies of the GE BWRX-300 Design

John Monaghan (Georgia Tech), Dan Kotlyar (Georgia Tech)

Framatome Fuel Portfolio for Light Water based SMRs

Alice Dufresne (Framatome SAS), David Breeding (Framatome), Elisa Calvo Tone (Framatome)

Machine Learning Critical Heat Flux Modeling for PWR Design Applications

Emre Tatli (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Alexander Mace (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Sukhwans Singh (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Michael Bettencourt (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Yixing Sung (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Mario Buczkowski (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Raji Kosloske (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Aral Muftuoglu (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Gregory R. Williams (Westinghouse Electric Co.)

A Machine Learning Approach Towards Improving QA/QC of Coated Particle Fuels

Bryan Conry (ORNL), Grant Helmreich (ORNL), Tyler Gerczak (ORNL)

Extending the Deep Learning Based Thermal Limit Bias Reduction Methodology to Multiple Boiling Water Reactors

Anirudh Tunga (Blue Wave AI Labs), Sanchari Banerjee (Blue Wave AI Labs), Michael J. Mueterthies (Blue Wave AI Labs), Jonathan Nistor (Blue Wave AI Labs)

Neural Network-Based Surrogate Modeling for Accelerating BWR Equilibrium Cycle Optimization

Maria Berardi (Blue Wave AI Labs), Michael J. Mueterthies (Blue Wave AI Labs), M. Rizki Oktavian (Blue Wave AI Labs), Anirudh Tunga (Blue Wave AI Labs), Phil McCalley (Blue Wave AI Labs), Jordan Heim (Blue Wave AI Labs), J. Thomas Gruenwald (Blue Wave AI Labs), Jonathan Nistor (Blue Wave AI Labs)

Metallic Fuel Research and Development in the U.S. National Program

Colby B. Jensen (INL), Douglas L. Porter (INL), Nicolas E. Woolstenhulme (INL), Tiankai Yao (INL), Pavel G. Medvedev (INL), Randall S. Fielding (INL), Benjamin P. Eftink (LANL), Stuart A. Maloy (PNNL), Caleb P. Massey (ORNL), Kun Mo (ANL), Daniel M. Wachs (INL)

Metal Fuel Performance in Sodium Fast Reactors: Post-Irradiation Examination

Tiankai Yao (INL), Randall S. Fielding (INL), Yachun Wang (INL), Colby B. Jensen (INL), Douglas L. Porter (INL)

Implementation of a Constituent Redistribution Model for Metallic U-Zr and U-Pu-Zr Fuels in the FAST Fuel Performance Code

Dylan F. Wray (PNNL), Kenneth J. Geelhood (PNNL), Kevin T. Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin)

Metallic Fuel Fabrication Optimization

Randall S. Fielding (INL), Alejandro Dayag (INL), Adrian Silva (TAMU)

Conceptual Assessment of Lightbridge Fuel Post-CHF Performance

Birol Aktas (Lightbridge)

Multiscale Modeling and Characterization Strategy Accelerating Development of Nuclear Grade Silicon Carbide Composites

Joel L. Kosmatka (General Atomics), Chris Ellis (General Atomics), Ryan Hon (General Atomics), Gyanender Singh (INL), Kyle Gamble (INL)

Evaluation of End-plug Joint Strength for Silicon Carbide Cladding under a Simulated Severe Accident Condition

R. Ishibashi (Hitachi GE Vernova Nuclear Energy, Ltd.), K. Hirosaka (Hitachi GE Vernova Nuclear Energy, Ltd.), M. Shibata (Hitachi GE Vernova Nuclear Energy, Ltd.), M. Sasaki (Hitachi GE Vernova Nuclear Energy, Ltd.), Y. Nemoto (JAEA), T. Hinoki (Kyoto Univ.)

GNF ATF Irradiations and PIE Programs

Ian Porter (Global Nuclear Fuel), Dan Lutz (Global Nuclear Fuel), Robert Schneider (Global Nuclear Fuel)

Status and Development of Mo-Microcell UO₂ Fuel Pellets for ATF Application

D. S. Kim (KAERI), D.-J. Kim (KAERI), J. H. Yang (KAERI), H. S. Lee (KAERI), J. H. Yoon (KAERI), J. H. Lee (KAERI)

Measured to Predicted Pin Burnup Comparisons Using CMS5 for High Burnup North Anna Fuel

Evan Frishholz (Dominion Energy), Christopher Wells (Dominion Energy)

Flexible Operation Sensitivity Analysis for a Light Water Reactor with High Burnup Fuel

Isabelle Lindsay (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Nicholas R. Brown (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)

Impact of Cold Leg Temperature Differences on PWR Core Power Distribution

Emre Tatli (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Michael E. Gavalek (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Vefa Kucukboyaci (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Yixing Sung (Westinghouse Electric Co.)

Solutions to Reduce Neutron Fluence and Increase Lifetime of a Nuclear Power Plant

L. Ackermann (Framatome), O. Dutkiewicz (Framatome), C. Möllmer (Framatome)

TRISO Particle Isolation and Graphite Removal Using SRNL Vapor Digestion Technology

Nicole Hege (Savannah River National Laboratory), Matthew Mills (Savannah River National Laboratory), Robert Pierce (Savannah River National Laboratory)

The Impact of Modelling UCO Composites as a Heterogeneous Material in TRISO Fuel Early Life

Udeme Inyang-Udoh (University of East Anglia), Angelo Battistini (Imperial College London), Alex Leide (UK Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon OX14 3DB, UK), Mark R. Wenman (Imperial College London, Centre for Nuclear Engineering, South Kensington Campus, London,), Thomas Haynes (University of East Anglia)

The U.S. Next Generation Fuels (NGF) Program: Unleashing Advanced Nuclear Fuels

Daniel M. Wachs (INL)

The Use of Powder Injection Molding for the Fabrication of Oxygen-Sensitive Advanced Nuclear Fuels

Deana Tsang (LANL), Adrien Terricabras (LANL), Antoine Claisse (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Joshua White (LANL)

Progress Toward Revolutionary Reactor Designs using Nature-Inspired Nuclear Fuel

Nicolas E. Woolstenhulme (INL), Nicolas P. Martin (INL), Joshua Zelina (INL), Paul A. Ferney (INL), Austen D. Fradeneck (INL), Adam Zabriskie (INL), Mark H. Anderson (University of Wisconsin Madison), Brett Prussack (University of Wisconsin - Madison), Koroush Shirvan (MIT), Youyeon Choi (MIT), Jeffrey L. Reed (Framatome), Kai Tai (Framatome)

Experimental and Computational Studies on Thermal Hydraulics of Triply Periodic Minimal Surface Lattices as Nuclear Fuel

Brett A. Prussack (University of Wisconsin - Madison), Erik Pagenkopf (University of Wisconsin - Madison), Silvino B. Prieto (INL), Austen Fradeneck (INL), Zander Ray (Oregon State University), Joshua Gess (Oregon State University), Tai Kai (Framatome), Jeffrey L. Reed (Framatome), Nicholas E. Woolstenhulme (INL), Gregory Nellis (University of Wisconsin - Madison), Mark H. Anderson (University of Wisconsin - Madison)

The Design of Novel Ramp Experiments in ATR Utilizing Pressurized He-3 for Evaluating Chrome Coated Cladding Behavior

David Kamerman (INL), Matilda Aberg Lindell (INL), Shawna Bailey (INL), Briand Durtschi (INL), Aaron Colldeweih (INL)

Licensing Framatome's PRotect Fuel: Integrated Approaches to Accelerate the Licensing of E-ATF Fuel Design

M. Aumand (Framatome), L. Gerken (Framatome), Y. Qi (Framatome), P. Bellanger (Framatome)

Practical Development of Accident Tolerant FeCrAl-ODS Fuel Claddings for BWRs in Japan

Sakamoto K (Nippon Nuclear Fuel Development), Miura Y (Nippon Nuclear Fuel Development), Matsunaga J (Global Nuclear Fuel), Aomi M (Global Nuclear Fuel), Miyata H (Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy), Yasuda K (Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy), Sasaki M (Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy), Oono-Hori N (Yokohama Nat'l Univ.)

Development of a Method for Comparison of Lightbridge's Advanced Fuel Material Against Conventional UO2 Fuel Performance

R. Wang (Lightbridge), C. Kirby (Lightbridge), K. Paaren (Lightbridge), B. Aktas (Lightbridge), S. Holcombe (Lightbridge)

Hierarchical Shape Optimization of Nuclear Fuel Assemblies Using Multi-Level Pin to Assembly Analysis in MOOSE

Jonathan Geymer (NCSU), Muhammad Altahhan (NCSU), Max Nezdyur (INL), Lynn Munday (INL), Yousry Azmy (NCSU)

Fission Gas Release Modeling and Validation with CTF Code for High Energy Fuel RIA Analysis

Charles Cheron (NCSU), Gregory Stehle (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Daniel Torres (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Yixing Sung (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Agustin Abarca (NCSU), Maria Avramova (NCSU)

Investigation of Stepwise Power Increase Effects on VVER-440 Fuel Cladding

Andras Vanyi (HUN-REN Centre for Energy Research), Gergely Kustar (MVM Paks Nuclear Power Plant), Peter Meszaros (MVM Paks Nuclear Power Plant), Viktor Holl (MVM Paks Nuclear Power Plant), Zoltan Kato (MVM Paks Nuclear Power Plant), Gabor Bona (MVM Paks Nuclear Power Plant)

Homogenization-Based Softening Model for Fragmented Nuclear Fuel

Milica Krstovic (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), Alessandro Scolaro (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne), Paul Van Uffelen (European Commission, JRC), Mathieu Hursin (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne)

Evaluation of Loss-of-Coolant Commissioning Experiments Performed at Idaho National Laboratory

Robert Armstrong (INL), Charles Folsom (INL), Juliana Pacheco Duarte (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Michael Corradini (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Colby Jensen (INL)

Fuel Bonding and its Impact on Axial Gas Communication Behavior in Light-Water Reactor Fuel Rods

Daniel J. Van Wasshenova (INL), Wenfeng Liu (Structural Integrity Associates, Inc.), Kyle A. Gamble (INL), Joseph Y.R. Rashid (Structural Integrity Associates, Inc.), Ryan T. Sweet (INL), Stephen R. Novascone (INL)

Experiment to Investigate the On-set of Transient Fission Gas Release Under Simulated LOCA Conditions

Jason M. Harp (ORNL), Yong Yan (ORNL), Robert N. Morris (ORNL), Charles A. Baldwin (ORNL), Matthew M. Jones (ORNL), Nathan A. Capps (ORNL)

Measurement of Transient Fission Gas Release from High-Burnup MOX Fuel Under a Simulated Reactivity-Initiated Accident Condition Using Fission Gas Dynamics Testing Technique

Y. Taniguchi (JAEA), K. Urano (JAEA), T. Mihara (JAEA), Y. Udagawa (JAEA), K. Kakiuchi (JAEA), J. Katsuyama (JAEA)

Understanding the Thermomechanical Response of Ferritic and Ferritic-Martensitic Steel Claddings to Accident Transients

Samuel B. Bell (Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)), Mackenzie Ridley (ORNL), Nathan Capps (ORNL), Amy Godfrey (ORNL), Caleb Massey (ORNL)

Behavior of Inert Fission Gas Under Accelerated Irradiation Conditions for Prototypical LWR Conditions

Mutaz Alshannaq (The ohio state University), Md Minaruzzaman (The ohio state University), Hany S. Abdel-Khalik (Purdue Univ.), Adam X. Zabriskie (INL), Marat Khafizov (The Ohio State University)

Development of a Reduced Order Model for the Thermal Assessment of Fuel Assembly Dry Lift for Refueling a Liquid Metal Fast Reactor

Emre Tatli (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Mike Epstein (Fauske & Associates LLC), Sung J. Lee (Fauske & Associates LLC), Cory Stansbury (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Fausto Franceschini (Westinghouse Mangiarotti), Paolo Ferroni (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Alireza Mofidi (GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy)

Fuel Pin Irradiation Tests in the High Flux Reactor: Past Experiments and New Experiment Design for Screening of Innovative Gen IV Fuel Candidates

Sander Van Til (Nuclear Research & Consultancy Group), Ronald Beck (NRG PALLAS), Tim v. Lunteren (NRG PALLAS)

The Gochrom Irradiation Program -- Lead Test Rod Irradiation Results of Framatome's PROtect-Cr Concept for up to 5 Annual Cycles

E. W. Schweitzer (Framatome), P. B. Hoffmann (Framatome), A. Meyer (Framatome), T. Garnier (Framatome), K. Buchanan (Framatome), G. Girardin (NPP Gösgen-Däniken), S. Canepa (KKG - Switzerland), R. M. Grabherr (Paul Scherrer Institute), M. Martin (Paul Scherrer Institute), H. Wiese (Paul Scherrer Institute), M. Bono (CEA), B. Rais (CEA), P. Grange (CEA), A. Petit (CEA), D. Schildknecht (CEA), A. Reverte (CEA), X. Pujol (CEA)

PROtect Cr-Cr: The Evolutionary E-ATF Solution by Framatome - Ramping Towards Industrial Capacity

K. Buchanan (Framatome), V. Huet (Framatome), T. Garnier (Framatome)

On-going R&D Program at JAEA on the Advanced Technology Fuels: An Update on the Cr-coated Zry Cladding Research

A. Mohamad (JAEA), S. Yamashita (JAEA), Y. Nemoto (JAEA), Y. Abe (JAEA), H. V. Pham (JAEA), I. Ioka (JAEA), Y. Soma (JAEA), Y. Ishijima (JAEA), T. Sato (JAEA), M. Rizaal (JAEA), S. Miwa (JAEA), K. Nakajima (JAEA), Y. Kaji (JAEA)

Experimental Assessment of Hydrogen Generation of Post-Eutectic Cr-Coated ATF Under Severe Accident Conditions

Boyeon Kweon (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Seunglee Hong (Chung-Ang Univ.), Youho Lee (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)

Modeling of Time in DNB Experiment Simulating PWR Loss of Flow Transient with Cr-Coated Zircalloy Heater Rod

Gregory Stehle (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Yixing Sung (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Zeses Karoutas (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Mark Anderson (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Keegan Murray (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Tiago A. Moreira (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)

Coupled Particle Transport and Light Water Reactor Chemistry Modelling of Local Corrosion Phenomena Using GEANT4 and LwrChem

M. Nilsson Lind (Vattenfall Nuclear Fuel), C. Anghel (Vattenfall Nuclear Fuel), E. Branger (Uppsala Univ.), R. Land (Forsmark kraftgrupp AB), D. Schrire (Studsvik), K. Lundgren (Studsvik)

The Evaluation of High Burnup Spent Nuclear Fuel Characteristic under Different Operation Models

W. J. Chiu (National Atomic Research Institute), Y. H. Shiu (National Atomic Research Institute), Y. F. Tseng (National Atomic Research Institute), S. W. Chen (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan)

Development of a Fuel-Coolant Interaction Test Facility for Studying Fuel Dispersal during Loss of Coolant Accident

Caleb Malinowski (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Peter Iascone (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Shanbin Shi (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

Analysis of Fuel Dispersal Behavior through Integral LOCA and Separate Effect Tests

Hyunwoo Yook (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Youho Lee (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)

Effect of Rod Internal Gas State on FFRD Behavior of High Burnup Fuel during LOCA Conditions

Kazuo Kakiuchi (JAEA), Takafumi Narukawa (The University of Tokyo), Yutaka Udagawa (JAEA), Jinya Katsuyama (JAEA), Takeshi Mihara (JAEA), Masaki Amaya (JAEA)

Fuel Rod Bowing During Non-Axisymetrical Rewetting After DND: Thermomechanical Analysis

Charbal A. (CEA), Ambard A. (EDF), Ton-That M. (EDF), Mubarak A. (EDF), Le Jolu T. (CEA), Vermoyal J.-J. (EDF)

A Thorium Molten Salt Reactor That Only Needs Refueling with Fertile Fuel

Lorenzo Chierici (Copenhagen Atomics), Aslak Stubsgaard (Copenhagen Atomics), Thomas J. Pedersen (Copenhagen Atomics)

Pin-Type Fluoride Salt-Cooled Reactor Assembly Optimization with Neutronics and Fuel Performance Considerations

Viktoriia Hozhyk (Univ. Cambridge), Alejandra De Lara (Univ. Cambridge), Eugene Shwageraus (Univ. Cambridge)

Investigation of Burn-up Dependent Thermo-mechanical Behavior of Heat-Pipe Cooled Microreactors

Chiara Genoni (Texas A&M), Vefa N. Kucukboyaci (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Fausto Franceschini (Westinghouse Mangiatrotti), Alessandro Scolaro (EPFL), Carlo Fiorina (Texas A&M)

Power Density Uprates through High Surface-to-Volume Fuels in Integral Pressurized Water Reactors

Assil Halimi (MIT), Koroush Shirvan (MIT)

Fuel Pellet Design for High Burnup

Swaminathan Vaidyanathan (ANFMSJ)

Analysis of the Behavior of ATF Microcell UO2 Fuel under Irradiation

V. D'Ambrosi (CEA), R. Masson (CEA), J. Fauque (CEA), J. Lechelle (CEA), L. Portelette (CEA), N. Chikhi (CEA)

Manufacturing and Characterization of UO2-Gd2O3 Pellet with High Gd Contents

Jae Ho Yang (KAERI), Ji-Hwan Lee (KAERI), Dong-Seok Kim (KAERI), Dong-Joo Kim (KAERI), Ji-Hae Yoon (KAERI), Yeon-Soo Na (Korea Nuclear Fuel Co.)

Post-Irradiation Examination of a Wrought FeCrAl Alloy C26M Following Commercial Reactor Irradiation

Caleb Massey (ORNL), Ben Garrison (ORNL), Jesse Werden (ORNL), Casey McKinney (ORNL), Dan Lutz (Global Nuclear Fuel), Russ Fawcett (Global Nuclear Fuel), Rajnikant Umretiya (GE Research Center), Hamdy Abouelella (GE Vernova), Randall Dunavant (Southern Company), Yukinori Yamamoto (ORNL), Geeta Kumari (ORNL), Kevin Field (Univ. Michigan), Jason Harp (ORNL)

Framatome Codes and Methods Solution for Economical Increased Enrichment and Increased Burnup Fuel Management

Philippe Bellanger (Framatome), Chris Allison (Framatome), Lisa Gerken (Framatome), Brian Lockamon (Framatome), Steven Cole (Framatome)

UJV Role in the Licensing of New Fuel Designs for Czech NPPs

Jan Klouzal (UJV Rez), Radim Vočka (UJV Rez), Petr Vácha (UJV Rez)

BISON PCI Failure Analysis during Repeated BWR Load Following

Oliver Baldwin (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Nathan Capps (ORNL), Joe Rashid (Structural Integrity Associates, Inc), Daniel Jädernäs (Vattenfall), Paul Blair (Vattenfall), David Palko (Vattenfall), Brian D. Wirth (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)

FIDES-II/P2M Simulation Exercise on AN3 and AN10 Bump Tests: Main Results

J. Sercombe (CEA), A. Vernier (CEA), V. D'Ambrosi (CEA Cadarache), I. Guénot-Delahaie (CEA), S. Béjaoui (CEA), D. Rozzia (SCK CEN), G. Bonny (SCK CEN), B. Boer (SCK CEN), R.-W. Bosch (SCK CEN), A. Ambard (EDF), A. Chaieb (EDF), A. Mohamad (JAEA), Y. Udagawa (JAEA), J. Corson (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), A. Scheuermann (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), K.A. Gamble (INL), R. Armstrong (INL), L.-E. Herranz (CIEMAT), C. Aguado (CIEMAT), F. Feria (CIEMAT), A. Toptan (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Y. Long (Westinghouse Electric Co.)

Radial Characterization of As-Irradiated and Post-LOCA Tested High Burnup UO2 Fuel Using SEM and S/TEM-EDS

Lauryn K. Reyes (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Chad M. Parish (ORNL), Casey S. McKinney (ORNL), Jason M. Harp (ORNL), Nathan A. Capps (ORNL), Brian D. Wirth (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)

Differential Scanning Calorimetry Experiments for Determining the Alpha to Beta Phase Transformation of Zr-1.1Nb Alloy with Varying Oxygen and Hydrogen Concentrations

Tian Chen (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Dongju Kim (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Donghyeon Son (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Junhee Lim (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Youho Lee (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)

KP-FHR Fuel Qualification Methodology

Ryan Latta (Kairos Power), Micah J. Hackett (Kairos Power)

Fuel Performance Benchmark for the European Sodium Fast Reactor with Metallic Fuel

Daniele Timpano (Laboratory for Reactor Physics and Systems Behaviour, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)), Evaldas Bubelis (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)), Luca Farina (Politecnico di Milano (POLIMI)), Antonio Jiménez-Carrascosa (Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI)), Aydin Karahan (Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)), Konstantin Mikityuk (Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI)), Sara Perez-Martin (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)), Alessandro Scolaro (Laboratory for Reactor Physics and Systems Behaviour, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)), Nicolas E. Stauff (Argonne National Laboratory (ANL))

Fabrication of Low-O/M Fast Reactor MOX Fuel and Analysis on its Oxygen Potential Behaviors

Shun Hirooka (JAEA), Romain J. Vauchy (JAEA), Yuta Horii (JAEA), Takeo Sunaoshi (Inspection Development Company), Kosuke Saito (JAEA)

Enhanced Fuel Performance Analysis in the AGR-like FHR: A Two-Dimensional Approach Using OFFBEAT

Alejandra De Lara (Univ. Cambridge), Alessandro Scolaro (EPFL), Eugene Shwageraus (Univ. Cambridge)