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To drive global advancements in reactor technology and design, there is an urgent need to accelerate research on both existing and emerging nuclear fuels to ensure the efficiency, safety, and reliability of fuel and reactor systems. This symposium will explore the recent progress and future directions in the design, fabrication, and characterization of nuclear fuels. Covering a broad range of topics, the symposium will focus on the intricate correlations between structure, property, and performance of various fuel forms. It will emphasize novel fuels for fast and thermal reactors and highlight the importance of understanding behavior under reactor conditions. The discussions will provide fundamental insights into the physical and chemical mechanisms driving fuel performance, with a focus on multi-scale characterization and modeling across length and time scales.
The organizers will be accepting presentations within but not limited to the following topics:.
Design and characterization of novel fuels for thermal and fast reactors (i.e., metallic, molten salt, ceramic composites).
Design and characterization of fuel cladding chemical and mechanical interaction mitigations
Integral irradiation experiments for separate effects testing and informing fuel performance models
Modeling and simulation of fuel systems and performance
Technology transfer and commercialization efforts of novel fuel systems |