With renewed interest in nuclear energy technology over the last few years, generation IV reactor concepts like the fluoride salt-cooled molten salt reactor (MSR) has gained a lot of attention from nuclear energy startup companies …
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Rapid Turnout Experiments Grants from DOE National Science User Facilities
The group has been awarded three Rapid Turnout Experiments (RTE) grants from the U.S. Department of Energy Nuclear Science User Facilities (NSUF) out of the 33 offered this year. The three projects awarded are: Irradiation …
UW-Madison’s Molten Salt and Next-Gen Reactors Meeting
In April of 2018 UW-Madison hosted a nationwide meeting centered around molten salts and next-gen nuclear reactors featuring collaborators from UC-Berkley, Texas-A&M, industry partners, and the Department of Energy (DOE). The meeting functioned as a …
ANS 2018 Annual Meeting
The lab took part in the 2018 ANS Annual Meeting from June 17th to the June 21st in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Jake Quincey attended the Materials Science and Technology Division executive meeting to begin his term …
Spring 2018 Graduation
Congratulation to Aaron Huxford and Léo Borrel for graduating in Spring 2018 ! Aaron obtained his Bachelor of Science in Nuclear Engineering, and Léo obtained his Master of Science in Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics. …
TMS 2018 Annual Meeting
The lab took part in the 2018 147th Annual Meeting and Exibition TMS Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona from March 11th through March 15th. Leo Borrel presented his work on the Implementation and Validation of …
EPRI Fuel Reliability Program Workshop
Prof. Adrien Couet gave a presentation at the EPRI Fuel Reliability Program Workshop on Hydrogen Pickup and migration in Zirconium at EPRI Charlotte Office on November 15-16, 2017.
New group members
We welcome a new member in the group: Mohamed Elbakhshwan is a new Assistant Scientist in the Engineering Physics Department. He obtained his PhD in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, and …
New students join the group
We welcome 4 new students in the group: Kelsy Green is a new PhD Student and NRC fellow in the Engineering Physics Department, coming from the University of California-Berkeley. Her research focuses on …
TMS Environmental Degradation Conference
The lab took part in the 18th International Conference on Environmental Degradation of Materials in Nuclear Power Systems – Water Reactors, from August 13th to August 17th in Portland, OR. Leo Borrel and Michael Moorehead presented …