Advanced Nuclear Fuels

• Plutonium Recycling (Pu reactivity & use of ZrH)
• Innovative Burnable Poison Materials (H containing materials as matrix for Boron)
• High Burnup Economics (80 GWD/MTU, fuel integrity)
• Innovative Fuel Clad Materials (SiC, Ceria implantation in Zr)
• Thoria/Urania Fuel Design & Disposal
• Risk Mgmt. for Higher (>5%) Fuel Enrichments
• Non Proliferation (Transparency) of Fuel Cycles

Radiation Hardening

• Developing Rad Hardened Wireless Communications Systems
• Hardening Robotics System and Developing Work Plans for Radioactive Environments

For more informations related to these subjects, please contact Prof. James Tulenko.