Corrosion testing needs and considerations for additively manufactured materials in nuclear reactors
Additive manufacturing (AM) technologies have developed rapidly in recent years, creating new opportunities and challenges for the nuclear industry; however, adoption requires that their corrosion performance be evaluated. We discuss known reactor-specific corrosion issues for multiple reactor types and engineering concerns such as regulations and standards. A review of corrosion studies conducted on select AM […]
Corrosion Testing Needs and Considerations for Additively Manufactured Materials in Nuclear Reactors
The Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies (AMMT) program within the Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy (DOE-NE) has developed its current recommendation for its corrosion testing strategy to deploy additively manufactured (AM) materials in advanced nuclear reactors. Additive manufacturing technologies have developed rapidly in recent years, creating new opportunities and challenges for the nuclear […]
DED Additively Manufactured HEAs Optimized via Parametric Study of Functionally Graded Materials
Complex concentrated alloys (CCAs) are a system of alloys composition of nearly equiatomic elements, creating a state of high configurational entropy in the material. These alloys are of interest for various industrial applications due to their high strength and hardness, wide operational temperature range, creep and diffusion resistance, and radiation resistance. In the current work […]
Effects of Neutron Irradiation on the Micro/Nano Scale Structure and Fission Product Distribution of TRISO Coated Particle Fuel Kernels from AGR Experiments
The Advanced Reactor Technologies (ART) Program at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) includes the Advanced Gas Reactor (AGR) fuel development and qualification program that consists of fuel fabrication, experiment irradiations, post-irradiation examination (PIE) and safety testing to assess tristructural isotropic (TRISO) fuel performance during normal irradiation and under potential accident conditions. Advanced microscopy work on selected […]