Key Publications

Enhanced Accident Tolerant Fuel 

Performance of iron–chromium–aluminum alloy surface coatings on Zircaloy 2 under high-temperature steam and normal BWR operating conditions

Response of Cr and Cr-Al coatings on Zircaloy-2 to high temperature steam

TEM/STEM study of Zircaloy-2 with protective FeAl(Cr) layers under simulated BWR environment and high-temperature steam exposure

Steam Oxidation of Zirconium–Yttrium Alloys from 500-1100 C

Dissolution of Intermetallic Second-Phase Particles in Zircaloy-2 in High-Temperature Steam

Grain boundary and lattice fracture toughness of UO₂ measured using small-scale mechanics

State-of-the-Art Report on Light Water Reactor Accident-Tolerant Fuels

Engineered Zircaloy Cladding Modifications for Improved Accident Tolerance of LWR Nuclear Fuel

Irradiation Effects, Thin-Film Uranium Compounds

Microstructure, Hardness, and Residual Stress of the Dissimilar Metal Weldments of SA508-309L/308L-304L

Modified microstructures in proton irradiated dual phase 308L weldment filler material

Mechanical properties of UO₂ thin films under heavy ion irradiation using nanoindentation and finite element modeling

Characterization of single crystal uranium-oxide thin films grown via reactive-gas magnetron sputtering on yttria-stabilized zirconia and sapphire

Structural and compositional characterization of single crystal uranium dioxide thin films deposited on different substrates

Radiation enhanced diffusion of Nd in UO₂

Measurement of radiation-enhanced diffusion of La in single crystal thin film CeO₂

LWR Fuel Performance  and Modeling

Modeling hydrogen solvus in zirconium solution by the mesoscale phase-field modeling code Hyrax

Azimuthally anisotropic hydride lens structures in Zircaloy 4 nuclear fuel cladding: High-resolution neutron radiography imaging and BISON finite element analysis

Effect of external stress on deuteride (hydride) precipitation in Zircaloy-4 using in situ neutron diffraction

Study of the mechanical behavior of the hydride blister/rim structure in Zircaloy-4 using in-situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction

Hydrogen Phase Behavior, Defect Trapping, Diffusion

Vibrational modes and quantum zero-point energy of hydrogen in ZrH_0.0155 and ZrH₂

Direct measurement of hydrogen diffusivity and solubility limits in Zircaloy 2 (formula unit of ZrH_0.0155) using incoherent quasi-elastic neutron scattering

Small-angle neutron scattering measurements of δ-phase deuteride (hydride) precipitates in Zircaloy 4

Direct Measurement of Hydrogen Dislocation Pipe Diffusion in Deformed Polycrystalline Pd Using Quasielastic Neutron Scattering

Small-angle neutron scattering measurements of hydrogen and deuterium trapping at dislocations in deformed single-crystalline Pd at low temperature

Hydrogen trapping at dislocation cores at room temperature in deformed Pd

Deuterium phase behavior in thin-film Pd

SANS measurements of deuterium-dislocation trapping in deformed single crystal Pd