HALEU/LEU+/HBU LWR Assessment
Updated:
2025 Publications:
M. N. Dupont, C. Celik, K. L. Fassino, W. J. Marshall, W. A. Metwally, A. Lang, and Veronica Karriem "Impact of recent ENDF nuclear data update, high initial enrichment and high burnup fuel on critical experiments applicability determination via the integral index ck for burnup credit validation," Progress in Nuclear Energy, 189, 105901 (November 2025). DOI:10.1016/j.pnucene.2025.105901.
2024 Publications:
Kang Seog Kim, Byoung-Kyu Jeon, Andrew Ward, Ugur Mertyurek, Matthew Jessee, William Wieselquist, "Validation of the SCALE/Polaris-PARCS Code Procedure with the ENDF/B-VII.1 AMPX 56-Group Library: Pressurized Water Reactor," Journal of Nuclear Engineering, 5(3), 246-259 (July 2024).
Kang Seog Kim, Andrew Ward, Ugur Mertyurek, Mehdi Asgari, William Wieselquist, "Validation of the SCALE/Polaris-PARCS Code Procedure with the ENDF/B-VII.1 AMPX 56-Group Library: Boiling Water Reactor," Journal of Nuclear Engineering, 5(3), 260-273 (July 2024).
A. M. Shaw, W. A. Metwally, M. N. Dupont, William (B.J.) Marshall, Cihangir Celik, Veronica Karriem, Alex Lang, and Lisa Fassino, "Effect of Decay Time on Criticality Safety Analyses for High-Burnup and Extended Enrichment Fuels," Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, 130, 794-797 (June 2024).
Ugur Mertyurek, Riley Cumberland, and William Wieselquist, "Core Physics Characteristics of Extended Enrichment and Higher Burnup Boiling Water Reactor Fuel," Proceedings of International Conference on Physics of Reactors 2024 (PHYSOR 2024), pp. 2194-2203, San Francisco, California, April 21-24, 2024.
2023 Publications:
Alex Shaw, Nicholas Kucinski, and Briana Hiscox, "Criticality Safety Recommendations for the Treatment Of Extended Enrichment And High Burnup Fuel for Storage and Transportation Systems," Proceedings of ICNC 2023 – The 12th International Conference on Nuclear Criticality Safety, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan, October 1–6, 2023.
Germina Ilas and Rabab Elzohery, Validating Actinides and Fission Products for Burnup Credit Criticality Safety Analyses – Nuclide Compositions Prediction with Extended Validation Basis, NUREG/CR-7303(ORNL/SPR-2023/2885), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (September 2023).
Ugur Mertyurek and William A. Wieselquist, Assessment of Core Physics Characteristics of Extended Enrichment and Higher Burnup LWR Fuels using the Polaris/PARCS Two-Step Approach Vol. 2: BWR Fuel, ORNL/TM-2022/2444, UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (August 2023). [supporting files]
Steve E. Skutnik, Ugur Mertyurek, Muhammad Rizki Oktavian, and William A. Wieselquist, Transition Core Modeling for Extended Enrichment & Accident-Tolerant Fuels Using Polaris/PARCS, ORNL/TM-2023/2834, UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (July 2023).
Georgeta Radulescu, Updated Recommendations Related to Spent Fuel Transport and Dry Storage Shielding Analyses, NUREG/CR-7302 (ORNL/TM-2023/2679), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (May 2023).
2022 Publications:
Jin Whan Bae, Ugur Mertyurek, and Mehdi Asgari, Light Water Reactor LEU+ Lattice Optimization, ORNL/TM-2021/2366, UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (September 2022).
Jianwei Hu, Ugur Mertyurek, and William A. Wieselquist, Assessment of Core Physics Characteristics of Extended Enrichment and Higher Burnup LWR Fuels using the Polaris/PARCS Two-Step Approach. Vol. I: PWR Fuel, ORNL/TM-2022/1831, UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (June 2022).
Nicholas Kucinski, Peter Stefanovic, Justin Clarity, and William Wieselquist, Impacts of LEU+ and HBU Fuel on Decay Heat and Radiation Source Term, ORNL/TM-2022/1841, UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (April 2022).
2021 Publications:
Riley Cumberland, Ryan Sweet, Ugur Mertyurek, Robert Hall, and William A. Wieselquist, Isotopic and Fuel Lattice Parameter Trends in Extended Enrichment and Higher Burnup LWR Fuel Vol. II: BWR Fuel, ORNL/TM-2020/1835, UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (March 2021). [supporting files]
Robert Hall, Ryan Sweet, Randy Belles, and William A. Wieselquist, Extended-Enrichment Accident-Tolerant LWR Fuel Isotopic and Lattice Parameter Trends, ORNL/TM-2021/1961, UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (March 2021). [supporting files]
Robert Hall, Riley Cumberland, Ryan Sweet, and William A. Wieselquist, Isotopic and Fuel Lattice Parameter Trends in Extended Enrichment and Higher Burnup LWR Fuel Vol. I: PWR Fuel, ORNL/TM-2020/1833, UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (February 2021). [supporting files]