The fluoride-salt-cooled high-temperature reactor (FHR) is a Generation IV nuclear energy
system with huge potential for further development. Owing to its unique advantages, such as …

Cardinal is an open-source application that couples OpenMC Monte Carlo transport and
NekRS computational fluid dynamics to the Multiphysics Object-Oriented Simulation …

Abstract Fully Ceramic Microencapsulated (FCM) fuel is a new type of material in nuclear
energy field. It has become a promising accident tolerant fuel (ATF) candidate due to its …

Interface debonding may occur in the multilayered TRISO fuel particle and fully ceramic
microencapsulated (FCM) dispersion nuclear fuels during their operation, exerting a great …

Since the successful operation of the first nuclear reactor, Chicago Pile-1, in 1942, nuclear
energy has played a more and more important role in the world's carbon-free energy supply …

Helical cruciform fuels are novel in nuclear reactors, potential to increase reactor's power
density. However, the geometry is complicated so influence of it on the fuel performance is …

The gas-cooled micro modular reactor (MMR) is a novel concept with a compact fuel form
consisting of thousands of tri-isotropic fuel (TRISO) particles dispersed in a silicon carbide …

The spherical fuel element (SFE) dispersed with many tri-isotropic fuel (TRISO) particles has
been primarily employed in the high-temperature gas-cooled reactor. Owing to the complex …

Porous solids are commonplace in engineering structures and in nature. Material properties
are inevitably affected by the internal inhomogeneity. The effective thermal conductivity of …

Fully ceramic microencapsulated (FCM) fuel is a five-layer intercalation system material
consisting of a UO2 core, a sparse pyrolytic carbon layer (Buffer), an inner dense pyrolytic …