Graduate student Kyle Quillin completed a 10-week internship at Idaho National Laboratory (Idaho Falls, ID) as a part of his DOE-Nuclear Energy University Program Fellowship. As a part of this internship, Kyle performed in situ high temperature x-ray diffraction of Cr films deposited on SiC substrates by different physical vapor deposition (PVD) methods to understand …

PI Dr. Kumar Sridharan and Associate Scientist Dr. Hwasung Yeom have been awarded an $800,000 Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP) grant to research new materials for control rod assemblies. Materials systems for both control rod sheaths and neutron absorbers will be investigated. The group’s expertise in surface coating technologies will be used to develop protective …

Congratulations to graduate student Nick Pocquette who successfully defended his Master’s thesis entitled ““Investigation of Cold Spray Process for Mitigation and Repair of Chloride-Induced Stress Corrosion Cracking in Stainless Steel Containments for Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Systems.”  Nick began working with the group as undergraduate research assistant before continuing to graduate school. He has played …

Congratulations to NAMRG graduate student Will Doniger who successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled “Corrosion and Electrochemistry Studies for Molten Salt Reactor Alloy Development.” Will has played a significant role in the molten salt research program at UW, specifically in the development of electrochemical techniques and installation of gloveboxes and molten salt handling systems. Will’s …

Group members had the opportunity to present research at The Minerals, Metals & Materials 2022 Annual Meeting held in a hybrid format in Anaheim, CA and online from February 27th-March 3rd. Professor Kumar Sridharan served as the organizer and chair for many symposia and sessions in the areas of nuclear materials, molten salt corrosion, and …

Graduate student Kyle Quillin presented his research at the 46th International Conference and Expo on Advanced Ceramics and Composites (ICACC), which took place virtually from January 24th-28th, 2022. His talk entitled “PVD Cr Coatings for Enhanced Hydrothermal Corrosion Resistance of SiC-SiCf Fuel Cladding in LWRs” was presented in the session on Materials Technologies and Test …

Congratulations to Tyler Dabney and Kyle Quillin who both completed their PhD preliminary exams in December!

Dr. Hwasung Yeom recently was awarded a $800,000 grant from the Nuclear energy University Program (NEUP) for his proposal on “Post-DNB thermo-mechanical behavior of near-term ATF designs in simulated transient conditions.” This research combines modeling and experiments to investigate the thermo-mechanical performance of Cr-coated Zr-alloy cladding under thermal transient conditions (> 1200 °C). Fuel fragmentation …