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| Conference Tools for 2026 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition |
About this Symposium |
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| Meeting | 2026 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition |
| Symposium | Accelerated Qualification Methods for Nuclear Reactor Structural Materials |
| Sponsorship | TMS Structural Materials Division TMS: Nuclear Materials Committee TMS: Additive Manufacturing Committee TMS: Computational Materials Science and Engineering Committee TMS: Integrated Computational Materials Engineering Committee TMS: Materials Characterization Committee TMS: Mechanical Behavior of Materials Committee |
| Organizer(s) | Patrick Warren, University of Texas at San Antonio Tianyi Chen, Oregon State University Rongjie Song, Idaho National Laboratory Caleb Clement, Westinghouse Electric Company Mira Khair, University Of Texas San Antonio Jennifer Stansby, UNSW Sydney / UTSA Sriswaroop Dasari, University of Texas at El Paso |
| Scope | The development of new nuclear reactor structural materials will lead to the improved longevity of the current fleet of reactors and spur the launch of next generation reactors as well. However, due to safeguards and regulations, the implementation of advanced reactor materials requires the extensive and costly qualification and licensing of these materials which takes decades. An accelerated nuclear reactor materials qualification campaign aimed at shortening the nuclear reactor materials qualification timeline down to five to ten years is currently under way. The accelerated qualification of these materials requires an in depth understanding of the thermomechanical behavior under reactor conditions through accelerated irradiation experiments, various in situ and ex situ characterization techniques, separate effects investigation, and performance testing. This extensive data collection effort is used as the basis for computational models, machine learning, and artificial intelligence algorithms which can down select and optimize material components and predict material performance after many years of operation thus resulting in significantly more efficient deployment of new nuclear reactor materials.
This symposium focuses on studies, both computational and experimental, aimed at the accelerated qualification of nuclear reactor structural materials. Abstracts are encouraged for the following topic areas (but not limited to): |
| Abstracts Due | 07/29/2025 |
| Proceedings Plan | Planned: |
PRESENTATIONS APPROVED FOR THIS SYMPOSIUM INCLUDE |
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