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TRP -> Campaign/Number -> TRP 17
TRP 17. Interaction between metal fission products and TRISO coating materials
May 2004 - Current
Research Objectives & Methods
By combining results for the electronic and chemical structure of the fission product/TRISO layer interfaces, the research results give information about failure mechanisms of TRISO particles and fission product transport.
Furthermore, they can be used to derive strategies to tailor the interface properties for an optimization of TRISO particles in terms of chemical and long-term stability.
The experiments use two different experimental set-ups:
- A multi-chamber ultra-high vacuum system at UNLV houses the majority of surface-sensitive methods
- The soft X-ray fluorescence (SXF) endstation at Beamline 8.0 at the Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab is used to perform X-ray absorption and emission spectroscopy
Researchers
- Clemens Heske, Chemistry
- Marcus Bar, Chemistry
- Lothar Weinhardt, Chemistry
Collaborators
- David Williams, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Students
- Roberto Felix, Graduate, Chemistry
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Goverdhan Gajjala, Masters, Electrical & Computer Engineering
MS Thesis - Timo Hofmann, PhD, Chemistry
- Varun Marepally, Masters, Electrical Engineering
- Sharath Sudarshanam, Masters, Chemistry
- Ich Tran, PhD, Chemistry
- Ashley Crable, Undergraduate, Chemistry
- Kyle George, Bachelor of Science, Chemistry
- Alessio Luinetti, Bachelor of Science, Biochemistry
- John Peiser, Bachelor of Science, Chemistry
- Sunil Subramanyam, Bachelor of Arts, Chemistry
- Shelley Unkelbach, Undergraduate, Chemistry
- Jared White, Bachelor of Science, Chemistry