Dr. Paul Van Uffelen graduated from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium) and the Ecole
Nationale Supérieure Polytechnique de Grenoble (France) with a master degree in …

If international agreements regarding the need to significantly reduce greenhouse gas
emissions are to be met then there is a high probability that the shipping industry will have to …

Abstract Austenitic stainless steel 08Cr18Ni10Ti is widely used in WWER reactor. Therefore,
it was considered one of the prospective materials for supercritical water-cooled reactors. In …

Tungsten (W) and stainless steel (SS) are well known for the high melting point and good
corrosion resistance respectively. Bimetallic W–SS structures would offer potential …

Among the applications of the multiscale modelling approach in nuclear fuel rod
performance, the coupling of integral thermo-mechanical fuel performance codes with lower …

BISON is a finite-element based, multidimensional fuel performance code developed at
Idaho National Laboratory. In this paper, we present BISON modeling developments for …

The solid-state core of a heat pipe cooled reactor operates at high temperatures over 1000 K
with thermal and irradiation-induced expansion during burnup. The expansion changes the …

Thermal conductivity and melting temperature of nuclear fuel are essential for analysing its
performance under irradiation, since they determine the fuel temperature profile and the …

Abstract Pellet-Clad Interaction (PCI) in zirconium alloy cladding has been a long-standing
concern in the context of nuclear fuel reliability. Mitigation measures have constrained …

Minor actinides are the main contributors to medium-and long-term radiotoxicity and heat
production in spent nuclear fuels. Research efforts are currently ongoing to explore different …