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Review and Analysis of the High-Burnup Fuel Fragmentation Data and Differences between LOCA Test Programs

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 03 Nov 2025

Nathan Capps, Yong Yan, Jason Harp, Peter Doyle, Mackenzie Ridley, Joakim Karlsson, Pia Tejland, Barbara Somfai and Ken Yeuh

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Step-Loaded Isothermal Creep Testing and the Effectively Isotropic Behavior of Zircaloy-4 at Higher Temperatures in the Α-Phase

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 21 Oct 2024

Samuel Bell, Mackenzie Ridley, Caleb Massey and Nathan Capps

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Recrystallization Driven Softening and Heating Rate Dependencies of FeCrAl Nuclear Fuel Cladding During Accident Transients

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 15 Jan 2025

Samuel Bell, Mackenzie Ridley, Nathan Capps, Ryan Sweet, Yukinori Yamamoto and Caleb Massey

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Bison Validation to in Situ Cladding Burst Test and High-Burnup Loca Experiments

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 07 Feb 2023

Nathan Capps, Mackenzie Ridley, Yong Yan, Samuel Bell and Kenneth Kane

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Review and Analysis of the High-Burnup Fuel Fragmentation and Dispersal Data: Comparing LOCA Test Programs

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 11 Mar 2026

Nathan Capps, Yong Yan, Jason Harp, Peter Doyle, Mackenzie Ridley, Joakim Karlsson, Per Magnusson and Ken Yeuh

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A Model to Assess Zircaloy's Mechanical Property Changes Following a Transient Beyond Critical Heat Flux

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 15 Aug 2025

Nathan Capps, Mackenzie Ridley, Samuel Bell, John Baele, David Schrire, Aaron Phillippe, Baris Sarikaya, Kan Sakamoto and Mahmut Nedim Cinbiz

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Effect of Spacer Grids on High-Burnup Fuel Fragmentation, Relocation, and Dispersal

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 27 May 2026

Nathan Capps, Jason Harp, Yong Yan, Mackenzie Ridley, Peter Doyle, Robert K. Salko, Tyson Jordan, Lisa Gerken, Gordon Wissinger and Xavier Haller

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Phase Stability Effects on the Thermomechanical Response of HT9 Fuel Cladding during Accident Relevant Transients

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 05 Mar 2026

Sam Bell, Mackenzie Ridley, Nathan Capps, Ryan Sweet, Aydin Karahan, Ying Yang, Amy Godfrey and Caleb Massey

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Quantifying biases and limitations of two-dimensional DIC during LOCA burst testing of fuel cladding to support deployment in hot cell environments

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 09 Feb 2026

Samuel Bell, Peter Doyle, Nathan Capps and Mackenzie Ridley

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Scholarly Papers (9)

Review and Analysis of the High-Burnup Fuel Fragmentation Data and Differences between LOCA Test Programs

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Step-Loaded Isothermal Creep Testing and the Effectively Isotropic Behavior of Zircaloy-4 at Higher Temperatures in the Α-Phase

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Recrystallization Driven Softening and Heating Rate Dependencies of FeCrAl Nuclear Fuel Cladding During Accident Transients

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Bison Validation to in Situ Cladding Burst Test and High-Burnup Loca Experiments

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Review and Analysis of the High-Burnup Fuel Fragmentation and Dispersal Data: Comparing LOCA Test Programs

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A Model to Assess Zircaloy's Mechanical Property Changes Following a Transient Beyond Critical Heat Flux

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Effect of Spacer Grids on High-Burnup Fuel Fragmentation, Relocation, and Dispersal

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Phase Stability Effects on the Thermomechanical Response of HT9 Fuel Cladding during Accident Relevant Transients

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Quantifying biases and limitations of two-dimensional DIC during LOCA burst testing of fuel cladding to support deployment in hot cell environments

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