Advanced Fuel Fabrication and Instrumentation Group

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The Advanced Fuel Fabrication and Instrumentation Group leads the design, analysis, and advanced manufacturing of nuclear fuels and evaluates fuel performance using embedded sensors and state-of-the-art measurement techniques before, during, and after irradiation.

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Additive Manufacturing of Nuclear Fuel and Functionalized Components

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Large-Scale Additive Manufacturing Capabilities

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Current Research

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Architecture and properties of TCR fuel form

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Accelerating nuclear fuel development and qualification: Modeling and simulation integrated with separate-effects testing

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Separate effects irradiation testing of miniature fuel specimens...

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A Critical Review of High Burnup Fuel Fragmentation, Relocation, and Dispersal under Loss-Of-Coolant Accident Conditions

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Fabrication of UN-Mo CERMET Nuclear Fuel Using Advanced Manufacturing Techniques

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Ultrasonic additive manufacturing of zirconium: Pilot results

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Synthesis of U3O8 and UO2 microspheres using microfluidics

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Irradiation stability and thermomechanical properties of 3D-printed SiC

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An Adaptive Reference Scheme to Extend the Functional Range of Optical Backscatter Reflectometry in Extreme Environments...

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Pressure-Driven Fiber-Optic Sensor for Online Corrosion Monitoring

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Optical transmission and dimensional stability of single-crystal sapphire after high-dose neutron irradiation at various temperatures up to 688 °C

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High-dose temperature-dependent neutron irradiation effects on the optical transmission and dimensional stability of amorphous fused silica

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Functional fiber-optic sensors embedded in stainless steel components using ultrasonic additive manufacturing for distributed...

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Embedded Sensors in Additively Manufactured Silicon Carbide

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Predicting structural material degradation in advanced nuclear reactors with ion irradiation

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Cladding burst behavior of Fe-based alloys under LOCA

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Production and characterization of TRISO fuel particles with multilayered SiC

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