An array of post-irradiation exams and experiments were employed to assess the irradiation
performance and high-temperature behavior of AGR-2 UCO TRISO fuel produced in an …

Three distinct composite architectures of silicon carbide (SiC) and pyrocarbon (PyC) were
incorporated into the SiC coating layer of tristructural-isotropic (TRISO) nuclear fuel particles …

The effective containment of fission products (FPs) within tri-structural isotropic (TRISO) fuel
particles is crucial for the safety and efficiency of High Temperature Gas-cooled Reactors …

The US Advanced Gas Reactor (AGR) tristructural isotropic (TRISO) fuel represents the
culmination of significant development efforts aimed at overcoming limitations observed in …

Tristructural-isotropic (TRISO) fuel is being considered for multiple reactor designs due to its
exceptional performance. This work studies pyrocarbon (PyC) and silicon carbide (SiC) …

This study presents a comprehensive analysis of the flow behavior in packed pebble-bed
reactors using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations. The pebble-bed geometry …

Ru and Pd are fission products released through SiC layer in TRISO fuel at high
temperature. This study investigates the corrosion behaviour of Ru-Pd on SiC layers of tri …

High-temperature gas-cooled reactors (HTGRs) have garnered considerable interest due to
their superior efficiency and inherent safety. This study systematically investigates the …

Characterizing oxide nuclear fuels is difficult due to complex fission products, which result
from time-evolving system chemistry and extreme operating environments. Here, we report a …

Coated fuel particle architectures with ZrC coatings are candidate fuels for advanced power
reactors and space nuclear propulsion (SNP) concepts. Owing to its relevance to SNP, the …