Andre Broussard

1 week ago | ceramics.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Dong Zhao |Saurabh Sharma |Andre Broussard |Kevin Yan

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Jul 15, 2024 | nature.com | Dong Zhao |Andre Broussard

AbstractMicrostructure and Cr2O3 doping profoundly impact the thermal-mechanical properties and fracture of oxides fuels. It is a challenge to study the transient behavior of nuclear fuels under loss-of-coolant-event (LOCA). In this study, the crack behavior of UO2 pellets with controlled grain structure and Cr2O3 doping was tested with rapid power ramping (300−900 °C per min) mimicking a prototypical LOCA heating profile.

Dec 11, 2023 | thevermilion.net | Andre Broussard