| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2024 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Seaborg Institutes: Emerging Topics in Actinide Materials and Science
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| Presentation Title |
Additive Manufacturing of Ceramic Workpieces for Actinide Interaction |
| Author(s) |
Robert Griffiths, Alex Wilson-Heid, Aiden Martin, Kiel Holliday, Jason Jeffries |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Robert Griffiths |
| Abstract Scope |
Additive manufacturing (AM) enables not only the production of uniquely shaped and featured parts, but also promotes rapid prototyping and design iteration for improved usability. The flexibility of AM stands to leverage improvements in multiple areas of actinide material processing, where methods are often “historic” and slow to change. Here we study the suitability of AM ceramics for actinide material interactions, seeking to baseline their performance as compared to commercially available solutions. Evaluating these AM produced materials and quantifying their performance in actinide material environments, more specifically molten metal, benchmarks their usability. Establishing this performance is a key step in enabling AM iterative design within actinide material handling. Considerations include AM artifacts such as shrinkage and warpage, layering effects, as well as chemical impurities. Initial results show promising performance despite AM artifacts, and merit further implementation which incorporates the design flexibility of AM. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
Additive Manufacturing, Nuclear Materials, Characterization |