Fuel Development Section
We leverage world-class expertise in nuclear materials science and engineering to design, fabricate, irradiate, characterize, and model performance of nuclear fuels and materials for nuclear energy, national security, and industrial customers.
Our team is an agile domestic source for the design of new irradiation experiments and measurement methods for nuclear environments, development of new fuel materials, rapid deployment of experiments at the High Flux Isotope Reactor, and novel post irradiation examination.
Nuclear Fuel Development Section Leadership
Christian M. Petrie
Group Leader
Advanced Fuel Fabrication and Instrumentation Group
Richard H. Howard
Group Leader
Irradiation Engineering Group
Jason M. Harp
Group Leader
Nuclear Fuel Element Performance Group
N. Dianne B. Ezell
Group Leader
Nuclear and Extreme Environment Measurement Group
Tyler J. Gerczak
Group Leader
Particle Fuel Forms Group
Nuclear Fuel Development Program Leadership
Nathan A. Capps
Program Manager
Advanced Fuels Campaign
John D. Hunn
Program Manager
Advanced Gas Reactor Program
Kory D. Linton
Program Manager
Nuclear Science User Facility - ORNL