Research Highlights - Nov. 2024
Idaho National Laboratory
Changing the world’s energy future and securing our nation's critical infrastructure ??
Explore a selection of published research from the Idaho National Laboratory (INL). Some of these papers may require institutional access.
INL authors: Maria Alejandra Herrera Diaz , Yingqian Lin , Pralhad Burli ,? Tasmin Hossain , Damon Hartley , Vicki Thompson
This study evaluates the economic and environmental feasibility of municipal solid waste sorting and decontamination technologies across urban, suburban, and rural areas. The research assesses cost-effectiveness and environmental impacts, with a focus on cost variability. Findings indicate significant cost differences based on population density.?The study underscores the importance of customized waste management strategies to improve economic viability and sustainability based on local conditions.
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Publication info: Resources, Conservation and Recycling?Volume 212, January 2025
INL authors: Rami Saeed, PhD ,? Václav Novotny , So-Bin Cho , Amey Shigrekar, Ph.D. , Courtney Otani , Jakub Toman , Daniel Mikkelson
Advanced nuclear power plants are well positioned for future zero-carbon grids. However, flexible power generation is required over the traditional emphasis on baseload generation for meeting historical demands. To achieve such flexibility, this work examines viable configurations for coupling nuclear energy production with thermal energy storage.
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Publication info: Energy Conversion and Management?Volume 321, 1 December 2024
INL authors: Luis A. Ocampo Giraldo, Jay D. Hix, Scott J. Thompson, David Chichester
Partnering authors:?Samuel K. Takazawa, Sarah K. Popenhagen,?Cleat P. Zeiler, Milton A. Garcés
Partnering Institutions: University of Hawaii at Manoa ,? Nevada National Security Sites
Explosion monitoring is performed by infrasound and seismoacoustic sensor networks that are distributed globally, regionally and locally. However, these networks are unevenly and sparsely distributed, especially at the local scale, where it is costly to maintain and deploy networks. With increasing interest in smaller-yield explosions, the need for more dense networks has increased. To address this issue, we propose using smartphone sensors for explosion detection as they are cost-effective and easy to deploy.
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Publication info:?Sensors?2024,?24(20), 6688
INL authors: Daniel Sluder, P.E. ,?Bryon J. Curnutt, Lorenzo Vega-Montoto , Joshua David Orchard,?Matthew D. Horkley, Trevor J. Skeen, Dean Stewart Dean A. Stewart
This paper presents an overview of ongoing work to qualify the Advanced Test Reactor driver fuel elements that have been affected by irradiation-degraded polymethyl methacrylate flux wands.
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Publication info: Nuclear Science and Engineering
INL authors: Jian Gan , Chao Jiang
Partnering authors: Yizhi Zhang, Yifan Zhang, Jiawei Song, Ke Xu, Benson Kunhung Tsai, Xuanyu Sheng, Haiyan Wang, Yinbin Miao, Peter Mouche, Kun Mo, Bei Ye
Partnering institutions: 美国普渡大学 , Argonne National Laboratory
Advanced cladding is critical for fast reactors with the adequate thermal conductivity, mechanical stability and radiation tolerance of the cladding base material, corrosion resistance and high temperature coolant compatibility of the cladding surface, and chemical stability of the cladding inner wall against fuel cladding chemical interaction. The preliminary results of recent ion irradiation studies of two diffusion-couple samples of cerium (Ce)/oxide-dispersion strengthened steel (ODS) and Ce/TiN/ODS, irradiated with 80 MeV xenon ions to 100 displacements per atom at 500 C, are summarized.
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Publication info:?Materialia, Volume 38, December 2024
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