| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2024 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Accelerated Qualification of Nuclear Materials Integrating Experiments, Modeling, and Theories
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| Presentation Title |
Fission Accelerated Steady-state Testing Experimental-BISON Comparison |
| Author(s) |
Geoffrey L. Beausoleil, Luca Capriotti, Kyle Paaren, Sobhan Patnaik, Alex Swearingen |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Geoffrey L. Beausoleil |
| Abstract Scope |
Irradiation testing within the existing test reactors of the United States requires engineering modifications in order to achieve conditions that represent the core environment that the fuel system will be exposed to but these modifications bring about their challenges. Through the DOE Advance Fuels Campaign, the Fission Accelerated Steady-state Testing (FAST) approach was developed to mitigate these challenges by accelerating the irradiation testing of fuels through dimensionally scaling the fuel while maintaining prototypic temperatures. This has enabled a high throughput stream of fuels tests of metallic fuels for fast reactors. This presentation covers key aspects of the development of the FAST experiments, PIE results, modelling and simulation assessments of the tests, and approaches to address the shortcomings of accelerated testing. This summary demonstrates the critical role that FAST testing can play in the fuel qualification process and opportunities for future research in fuel performance testing and modelling. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
Nuclear Materials, Modeling and Simulation, Environmental Effects |