NSUF 23-4587: Spatially resolved thermal conductivity measurement of medium burnup MOX fuel
This project aims to measure the thermal conductivity profile of Sodium Fast Reactor (SFR) Mixed Oxide (MOX) fuel. The thermal conductivity microscope (TCM) has been previously used to measure the spatially resolved thermal conductivity profiles of high burnup MOX fuel, and it is the view of this project that a similar assessment of medium burnup MOX fuel will enable further refinement of thermo-physical fuel performance codes (FPC) for in-core fuel management. The combination of the thermal characterization proposed in this project will complement the extensive chemical and structural characterization already performed as part of previous projects, thus providing for the first time a complete description of SFR MOX fuel properties for meso-scale model validation never achieved previously. Sample preparation and measurement with the TCM is expect to last 7 days.
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| Поле | Стойност |
|---|---|
| Awarded Institution | The Ohio State University |
| Embargo End Date | 2026-02-27 |
| Facility Tech Lead | Alina Montrose |
| NSUF Call | FY 2023 RTE 1st Call |
| PI | Joshua Ferrigno |
| PIE Facilities | Irradiated Materials Characterization Laboratory |
| Project Member | Professor Marat Khafizov, Associate Professor - The Ohio State University (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8171-3528) |
| Project Member | Dr. Tsvetoslav Pavlov, Distinguished Postdoctoral Associate - Idaho National Laboratory |
| Project Member | Mr. Joshua Ferrigno, Graduate Fellow - The Ohio State University (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0069-508X) |
| Project Type | RTE |
| Publication | Integrated multiscale experiment and model analysis of radially resolved microstructure and thermal conductivity in mixed oxide fuel Joshua Ferrigno, Tsvetoslav Pavlov, Pierre-Clément Simon, Ethan Hisle, Fabiola Cappia, Marat Khafizov Journal of Nuclear Materials 609 2025-03-15 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2025.155739 |
| RTE Number | 4587 |