| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2025 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Microstructural, Mechanical, and Chemical Behavior of Solid Nuclear Fuel and Fuel-Cladding Interface II
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| Presentation Title |
Westinghouse Perspective on Accelerated Fuel Qualification |
| Author(s) |
Antoine Claisse, Edward Lahoda, Jorge Carvajal, Kathryn Metzger, Anthony Schoedel |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Antoine Claisse |
| Abstract Scope |
To demonstrate advanced reactor operational performance, reliability, and safety, it is necessary to analyze the nuclear behavior of the reactor. For existing water-cooled reactor systems, fully qualified tools, can calculate the key reactor fuel and physics parameters efficiently and accurately. These tools are not applicable to many advanced reactor designs and therefore, it is necessary to use alternate codes and methods.
Accelerated Fuel Qualification (AFQ) is a framework aiming at shortening the time it takes from a concept to commercialization. In essence, it makes use of many non-prototypical manners to gather data to build a qualification and licensing case. This framework culminates in key regulatory submissions of the advanced reactor codes and methods.
Westinghouse will present results focusing on uranium nitride whenever possible. A special emphasis is on how everything is connected to bring the maximum value and accelerate development, followed by licensing considerations. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |