| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
TMS Specialty Congress 2025
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| Symposium
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8th World Congress on Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME 2025)
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| Presentation Title |
A Modeling Framework to Inform the Fabrication of U-10Mo Monolithic and U3Si2 Fuel |
| Author(s) |
Ayoub Soulami, Kyoo Sil Choi, Lei Li, William Frazier, Yucheng Fu, Taylor Mason, Vineet Joshi, Curt Lavender |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Lei Li |
| Abstract Scope |
Low-enriched uranium alloyed with 10 wt% molybdenum (U-10Mo) has been identified as a promising alternative to highly enriched uranium as fuel for the United States high-performance research reactors. U3Si2 dispersion fuels to be used in the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) have complex fuel geometries which creates challenges in Manufacturing. Fabricating these fuel plates consists of multiple complex thermomechanical processes, which lead to changes in the microstructure and can lead to defects. The integrated computational materials engineering (ICME) concept supports building a microstructure-based framework to investigate the effect of manufacturing processes on the material microstructure. In this presentation we will discuss how series of models have been informing the fabrication process. The models have directly impacted the fabrication and have been used to optimize the rolling schedule, reduce time and cost of fabrication, eliminate fabrication defects, and meeting the specifications. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Undecided |