FY 2009 R&D Completed Projects*

Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative (AFCI)
  • NEUP Project 09-779: Development of Diffusion Barrier Coatings and Deposition Technologies for Mitigating Fuel Cladding Chemical Interactions (FCCI)

    K. Sridharan, University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • NEUP Project 09-780: Thermal Properties of LiCl-KCl Molten Salt for Nuclear Waste Separation

    K. Sridharan, University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • NEUP Project 09-782: Computational Design of Advanced Nuclear Fuels

    S. Savrasov, University of California, Davis

  • NEUP Project 09-783: Improvements to Nuclear Data and Its Uncertainties by Theoretical Modeling

    Y. Danon, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  • NEUP Project 09-786: Advanced Mesh-Enabled Monte Carlo Capability for Multi-Physics Reactor Analysis

    P. Wilson, University of Wisconsin, Madison

  • NEUP Project 09-787: Ab Initio Enhanced Calphad Modeling of Actinide Rich Nuclear Fuels

    D. Morgan, University of Wisconsin, Madison

  • NEUP Project 09-791: Sharp Interface Tracking in Rotating Microflows of Solvent Extraction

    J. Glimm, Stony Brook University

  • NEUP Project 09-795: High-Fidelity Space-Time Adaptive Multiphysics Simulations in Nuclear Engineering

    P. Solin, University of Nevada, Reno

  • NEUP Project 09-800: Thermodynamic Development of Corrosion Rate Modeling in Iron Phosphate Glasses

    M.E. Schlesinger and R.K. Brow, Missouri University of Science and Technology

  • NEUP Project 09-804: Development of Subspace-Based Hybrid Monte Carlo-Deterministic Algorithms for Reactor Physics Calculations

    H. Abdel-Khalik, North Carolina State University

  • NEUP Project 09-806: Fundamental Understanding of Ambient and High-Temperature Plasticity Phenomena in Structural Materials in Advanced Reactors

    C. Deo, Georgia Institute of Technology

  • NEUP Project 09-809: Simulations of the Thermodynamic and Diffusion Properties of Actinide Oxide Fuel Materials

    U. Becker, University of Michigan

  • NEUP Project 09-811: Heterogeneous Recycling in Fast Reactors

    B. Forget, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • NEUP Project 09-814: Bulk Nanostructured FCC Steels with Enhanced Radiation Tolerance

    X. Zhang, Texas A&M University

  • NEUP Project 09-816: Fuel Performance Experiments and Modeling: Fission Gas Bubble Nucleation and Growth in Alloy Nuclear Fuels

    S. McDeavitt, Texas A&M University

  • NEUP Project 09-818: Simulations of Failure via Three-Dimensional Cracking in Fuel Cladding for Advanced Nuclear Fuels

    H. Lu, University of Texas, Dallas

  • NEUP Project 09-820: Quantification of UV-Visible and Laser Spectroscopic Techniques for Materials Accountability and Process Control

    K. Czerwinski, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

  • NEUP Project 09-821: Development of Alternative Technetium Waste Forms

    K. Czerwinski, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

  • NEUP Project 09-825: Adsorptive Separation and Sequestration of Krypton, I and C14 on Diamond Nanoparticles

    T. Ghosh, University of Missouri-Columbia

  • NEUP Project 09-828: Data Collection Methods for Validation of Advanced Multi-Resolution Fast Reactor Simulations

    A. Tokuhiro, University of Idaho

  • NEUP Project 09-829: Advanced Elastic/Inelastic Nuclear Data Development Project

    F. Harmon, Idaho State University

  • NEUP Project 09-842: SiC Schottky Diode Detectors for Measurement of Actinide Concentrations from Alpha Activities in Molten Salt Electrolyte

    W. Windl, Ohio State University

  • NEUP Project 09-766: Improved LWR Cladding Performance by EPD Surface Modification Technique

    M. Corradini, University of Wisconsin, Madison

  • NEUP Project 09-769: Maximum Fuel Utilization in Fast Reactors Without Chemical Reprocessing

    E. Greenspan, University of California, Berkeley

  • NEUP Project 09-773: Developing a High Thermal Conductivity Fuel with Silicon Carbide Additives

    R. Baney, University of Florida

  • NEUP Project 09-775: Fabrication of Tungsten-Rhenium Cladding Materials via Spark Plasma Sintering for Ultra High Temperature Reactor Applications

    I. Charit, University of Idaho

  • NEUP Project 09-790: Neutron Damage and MAX Phase Ternary Compounds

    M. Barsoum, Drexel University

  • NEUP Project 09-802: Improved Fission Neutron Data Base for Active Interrogation of Actinides

    S. Pozzi, University of Michigan

  • NEUP Project 09-805: Ionic Liquid and Supercritical Fluid Hyphenated Techniques for Dissolution and Separation of Lanthanides, Actinides, and Fission Products

    C. Wai, University of Idaho

  • NEUP Project 09-823: Atomistic Calculations of the Effect of Minor Actinides on Thermodynamic and Kinetic Properties of UO2±x

    C. Deo, Georgia Institute of Technology

  • NEUP Project 09-824: Utilization of Methacrylates and Polymer Matrices for the Synthesis of Ion Specific Resins

    K. Czerwinski, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

  • NEUP Project 09-834: Advanced Models of LWR Pressure Vessel Embrittlement for Low Flux-High Fluence Conditions

    G.R. Odette, University of California, Santa Barbara

  • NEUP Project 09-764: An Innovative and Advanced Coupled Neutron Transport and Thermal Hydraulic Method (Tool) for the Design, Analysis and Optimization of VHTR/NGNP Prismatic Reactors

    F. Rahnema, Georgia Institute of Technology

  • NEUP Project 09-765: ALD Coatings on Gd2O3 Burnable Poison Nanoparticles and Carbonaceous TRISO Coating Layers

    A. Weimer, University of Colorado, Boulder

  • NEUP Project 09-768: Corrosion and Creep of Candidate Alloys in High Temperature Helium and Steam Environments for the NGNP

    G. Was, University of Michigan

  • NEUP Project 09-770: Accurate Development of Thermal Neutron Scattering Cross Section Libraries

    A. Hawari, North Carolina State University

  • NEUP Project 09-771: Creation of Full-Core HTR Benchmark with the Fort St. Vrain Initial Core and Assessment of Uncertainties in the FSV Fuel Composition and Geometry

    W.R. Martin, University of Michigan

  • NEUP Project 09-776: Mechanisms Governing the Creep Behavior of High Temperature Alloys for Generation IV Nuclear Energy Systems

    V. Vasudevan, University of Cincinnati

  • NEUP Project 09-777: Liquid Salt Heat Exchanger Technology for VHTR Based Applications

    M. Anderson, University of Wisonsin, Madison

  • NEUP Project 09-778: Materials, Turbomachinery and Heat Exchangers for Supercritical CO2 Systems

    M. Anderson, University of Wisonsin, Madison

  • NEUP Project 09-781: Experimental Studies of NGNP Reactor Cavity Cooling Systems with Water

    M. Corradini, University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • NEUP Project 09-784: Investigation of Countercurrent Helium-Air Flows in Air-Ingress Accidents for VHTRs

    X. Sun, The Ohio State University

  • NEUP Project 09-785: Assessment of Embrittlement of VHTR Structural Alloys in Impure Helium Environments

    W. Crone, University of Wisconsin, Madison

  • NEUP Project 09-788: Modeling Fission Product Sorption in Graphite Structures

    I. Szlufarska, University of Wisconsin, Madison

  • NEUP Project 09-789: Integral and Separate Effects Tests for Thermal Hydraulics Code Validation for Liquid-Salt Cooled Nuclear Reactors

    P. Peterson, University of California, Berkeley

  • NEUP Project 09-794: Irradiation Creep in Graphite

    R. Ubic, Boise State University

  • NEUP Project 09-796: Understanding Creep Mechanisms in Graphite with Experiments, Multiscale Simulations, and Modeling

    J. Eapen, North Carolina State University

  • NEUP Project 09-798: Verification & Validation of High-Order Short-Characteristics-Based Deterministic Transport Methodology on Unstructured Grids

    Y. Azmy, North Carolina State University

  • NEUP Project 09-799: Effect of Post-Weld Heat Treatment on Creep Rupture Properties of Grade 91 Steel Heavy Section Welds

    L. Li, Utah State University

  • NEUP Project 09-801: Tritium Sequestration in Gen IV NGNP Gas Stream via Proton Conducting Ceramic Pumps

    F. Chen, University of South Carolina

  • NEUP Project 09-803: Identifying and Understanding Environment-Induced Crack Propagation Behavior in Solid Strengthened Ni-Based Superalloys

    L. Ma, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

  • NEUP Project 09-807: Verification of the CENTRM Module for Adaptation of the SCALE Code to NGNP Prismatic and PBR Core Designs

    B. Ganapol, University of Arizona

  • NEUP Project 09-808: A Distributed Fiber Optic Sensor Network for Online 3-D Temperature and Neutron Fluence Mapping in a VHTR Environment

    P. Tsvetkov, Texas A&M University

  • NEUP Project 09-810: Experimental Study and Computational Simulations of Key Pebble Bed Thermomechanics Issues for Design and Safety

    A. Tokuhiro, University of Idaho

  • NEUP Project 09-812: Multi-Scale Multi-Physics Methods Development for the Calculation of Hot-Spots in the NGNP

    T. Downar, University of Michigan

  • NEUP Project 09-813: TRISO-Coated Fuel Durability Under Extreme Conditions

    I. Reimanis, Colorado School of Mines

  • NEUP Project 09-817: CFD Model Development and Validation for High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactor Cavity Cooling System (RCCS) Applications

    Y. Hassan, Texas A&M University

  • NEUP Project 09-819: Testing of Performance of Optical Fibers Under Irradiation in Intense Radiation Fields When Subjected to High Temperature

    T. Blue, The Ohio State University

  • NEUP Project 09-822: Optimizing Neutron Thermal Scattering Effects in Very High Temperature Reactors

    A. Hawari, North Carolina State University

  • NEUP Project 09-826: Understanding Fundamental Material Degradation Processes in High Temperature Aggressive Chemomechanical Environments

    J. Stubbins, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • NEUP Project 09-827: Fission Product Sorptivity in Graphite

    R. Tompson, University of Missouri

  • NEUP Project 09-830: Graphite Oxidation Simulation in HTR Accident Conditions

    M. El-Genk, University of New Mexico

  • NEUP Project 09-831: Non-Destructive Thermal Analysis and In Situ Investigation of Creep Mechanism of Graphite and Ceramic Composites Using Phase-Sensitive THz Imaging & Nonlinear Resonant Ultrasonic Spectroscopy

    X. Zhang, University of Rochester

  • NEUP Project 09-832: Multiaxial Creep-Fatigue and Creep-Ratcheting Failures of Grade 91 and Haynes 230 Alloys Toward Addressing Design Issues of Gen IV Nuclear Power Plants

    T. Hassan, North Carolina State University

  • NEUP Project 09-833: Millimeter-Wave Thermal Analysis Development and Application to GEN IV Reactor Materials

    P. Woskov, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • NEUP Project 09-835: Prediction and Monitoring Systems of Creep-Fracture Behavior of 9Cr-1Mo Steels for Reactor Pressure Vessels

    G. Potirniche, University of Idaho

  • NEUP Project 09-838: Modeling Stress Strain Relationships and Predicting Failure Probabilities for Graphite Core Components

    S. Duffy, Cleveland State University

  • NEUP Project 09-840: Investigation on the Core Bypass Flow in a Very High Temperature Reactor

    Y. Hassan, Texas A&M University

  • NEUP Project 09-841: Study of Air Ingress Across the Duct During the Accident Conditions

    Y. Hassan, Texas A&M University

  • NEUP Project 09-843: Microscale Heat Conduction Models and Doppler Feedback

    A. Hawari, North Carolina State University

  • NEUP Project 09-844: Removal of 14C from Irradiated Graphite for Graphite Recycle and Waste Volume Reduction

    M.L. Dunzik-Gougar, Idaho State University

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*​​Available final reports can be found at OSTI.gov​

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