Modeling CRUD Growth and Chemistry in PWR
Achieving higher burnup and power uprates in PWR causes the build-up of CRUD (Chalk River Unidentified Deposit or Corrosion-Related Unidentified Deposit) on the upper spans of nuclear fuel rods. CRUD deposits produce operational issues such as CIPS (CRUD-induced power shift) and CILC (CRUD-induced localized corrosion). Understanding the formation of porous CRUD deposits is a significant challenge to science-based multi-scale modeling.
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Multi-physics high-fidelity modeling of CRUD growth and boron chemistry Researchers
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Postdoctoral researchers: Hiring
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Graduate Students: Hiring
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Interns: Hiring​
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Sponsors: KHNP, KOFONS
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Collaborating Partners:
Soonchunhyang University, FNC Technology, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Hanyang University, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute