About this Symposium |
| Meeting |
2026 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Metallic Fuels - Design, Fabrication, and Characterization
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| Sponsorship |
TMS Structural Materials Division
TMS: Nuclear Materials Committee
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| Organizer(s) |
Ericmoore E. Jossou, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Linu Malakkal, Idaho National Laboratory
Marat Khafizov, Ohio State University
Lingfeng He, North Carolina State University
Nana Ofori-Opoku, McMaster University
Anil Prasad, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories
Yongfeng Zhang, University of Wisconsin
Walter G. Luscher, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
| Scope |
This symposium will focus on the theme of metallic nuclear fuel design and fabrication. This area has significantly evolved in the last decade, due to advancements in fabrication hardware, computational approaches, and cutting-edge characterization techniques, from electron and X-ray sources at large-scale user facilities and benchtop setups.
Specifically, here we will examine the intricate correlations between structure-property-performance of various fuel forms with special emphasis on metallic fuels which are a product of both traditional and novel, innovative fabrication techniques. A particular emphasis will be placed on the fundamental insights into physical and chemical phenomena, making possible progress in characterization and computational methodologies across multiple length and time scales. We welcome contributions on a wide array of topics, which include but are not limited to:
- Atomic-scale and experimental investigation of defects behavior and chemical segregation
- Fuel materials microstructure modelling and analysis
- Swelling and fission gas release in metallic fuels
- Fuel-Cladding chemical interaction in metallic fuels
- Separate effects irradiation testing of metallic fuel specimens
- Emerging methods of fuel fabrication such as field-assisted sintering, additive manufacturing
- Advances in in situ and operando monitoring of nuclear fuel fabrication and characterization
- Machine learning assisted fabrication of advanced nuclear fuels
- Testing and licensing of new nuclear fuel forms
- Metallic fuel performance modeling under normal operating and accident scenarios
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| Abstracts Due |
07/29/2025 |
| Proceedings Plan |
Planned: |