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NUC Possible Breakout Sessions Advanced Transportation (Presenter: Eric Dufek) The breakout will cover two main areas. First is understanding performance and limitations for advanced battery systems for next generation transportation systems and other applications. The second area is advanced mobility systems including appropriate planning and infrastructure needs for advanced fuel vehicles and connected and autonomous vehicles. Bio Fuels (Presenter: Erin Searcy) This breakout session will discuss INL’s Bioenergy Program whose mission is to support DOE in achieving their vision by developing processes and technologies through applied science and engineering that remove the barriers associated with accessing a sustainable, efficient feedstock supply. INL is the nation’s leading laboratory for bioenergy feedstock research. Specifically, INL’s research is focused on addressing barriers associated with efficiently, economically, and sustainably supplying large quantities of quality feedstock to future biorefineries. Catalysis (Presenters: Anne Gaffney, Rebecca Fushimi) This breakout session will discuss the intent of the Catalysis Technology Network, an initiative to provide a manufacturing basis to new catalysts while enabling research and development in mixed environment constituted by academia, national laboratories and industry. Effective collaboration through this technology network will bring new catalysis technologies and innovation to life by collecting, scientific experience-based knowledge and one-of-a-kind capabilities from identified collaborators. Environmental Sustainability (Presenter: TBD) Energy extraction and use introduces the necessity of ensuring environmental safety and subsurface sustainability research, which requires excellence in scientific investigation and technological expertise. INL scientists are working to reduce the environmental impact of energy extraction and use. This includes work in geomechanical modeling and benchmarking, used nuclear fuel systems engineering, plus nuclear and radiological materials disposition. One example of a current INL project is the REMADE institute’s node at INL, which examines auto recycling methods. INL researchers are working to improve the metal separation process, which could lead to a higher resale value for purer metals and increased energy efficiency. ESSAI (Presenter: Tammie Borders) This breakout session will discuss complex energy systems analysis which is a multi-disciplinary research area integrating social, economic, legal, policy and

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NUC Possible Breakout Sessions Advanced Transportation (Presenter: Eric Dufek) The breakout will cover two main areas. First is understanding performance and limitations for advanced battery systems for next generation transportation systems and other applications. The second area is advanced mobility systems including appropriate planning and infrastructure needs for advanced fuel vehicles and connected and autonomous vehicles. Bio Fuels (Presenter: Erin Searcy) This breakout session will discuss INL’s Bioenergy Program whose mission is to support DOE in achieving their vision by developing processes and technologies through applied science and engineering that remove the barriers associated with accessing a sustainable, efficient feedstock supply. INL is the nation’s leading laboratory for bioenergy feedstock research. Specifically, INL’s research is focused on addressing barriers associated with efficiently, economically, and sustainably supplying large quantities of quality feedstock to future biorefineries. Catalysis (Presenters: Anne Gaffney, Rebecca Fushimi) This breakout session will discuss the intent of the Catalysis Technology Network, an initiative to provide a manufacturing basis to new catalysts while enabling research and development in mixed environment constituted by academia, national laboratories and industry. Effective collaboration through this technology network will bring new catalysis technologies and innovation to life by collecting, scientific experience-based knowledge and one-of-a-kind capabilities from identified collaborators. Environmental Sustainability (Presenter: TBD) Energy extraction and use introduces the necessity of ensuring environmental safety and subsurface sustainability research, which requires excellence in scientific investigation and technological expertise. INL scientists are working to reduce the environmental impact of energy extraction and use. This includes work in geomechanical modeling and benchmarking, used nuclear fuel systems engineering, plus nuclear and radiological materials disposition. One example of a current INL project is the REMADE institute’s node at INL, which examines auto recycling methods. INL researchers are working to improve the metal separation process, which could lead to a higher resale value for purer metals and increased energy efficiency. ESSAI (Presenter: Tammie Borders) This breakout session will discuss complex energy systems analysis which is a multi-disciplinary research area integrating social, economic, legal, policy and

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systems-level strategic insights to provide timely, quantified, and unbiased data to inform global clean energy investment and policy decisions. Experimental Analysis and Modeling for Thermal Energy Storage (Presenter: Piyush Sabharwall) This breakout session will cover the following topics:

Material availability and compatibility Scale (distortions) Verification and Validation Uncertainty quantification Instrument challenges, if any

Fuel Cycle Technology (Presenter: Jack Law) This breakout session will cover the following topics:

Development of advanced aqueous or pyrochemical separation technologies for used nuclear fuel recycling

Development of offgas capture technologies for iodine, krypton, xenon, and or ruthenium removal from recycling offgas streams

Radiation chemistry of advanced recycling processes Dynamic process modeling of separation systems to support used nuclear

fuel recycling Hybrid Energy Systems/Power Conversion and Energy Storage/ Micro-reactors/Very Small Modular Reactors (Presenter: Shannon Bragg-Sitton, Richard Boardman, Piyush Sabharwall) This breakout session will cover the following topics:

Heat storage at reactors for peak power and industrial heat Novel power conversion technologies (for terrestrial and space applications) Radiation tolerant reactor control systems, instrumentation, components

and materials Integration of novel industrial processes Solving challenges associate with integrating renewable energy sources into

the grid Information, Instrumentation, Sensors, and Controls (Presenter: Vivek Agarwal) This breakout session will cover the following topics:

Functionality of sensors under extreme conditions (radiation, high temperature, opaque coolants)

Development of advanced non-intrusive instrumentation for TREAT that can measure experimental parameters

Non-Destructive Examination (NDE) techniques Maintenance task guidance and sensory data visualization via heads up

mixed reality goggles Autonomous navigation via active/passive sensors for nuclear robotics

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Visual sensing methods and algorithms for hazard analysis and categorization

Light Water Reactor Sustainability Program (Presenter: TBD) This breakout session will cover the Light Water Reactor Sustainability (LWRS) Program which was established to help develop technologies and conduct research into solutions that can improve the reliability, sustain the safety, and extend the life of the current reactor fleet. Specifically, INL works in the areas of

Materials Aging and Degradation Advanced Instrumentation, Information, and Control Systems Technologies Risk-Informed Safety Margin Characterization Reactor Safety Technologies

Modeling and Simulation (including NEAMS code development and model experimental validation and uncertainty quantification) (Presenter: Rich Martineau): This breakout session will cover the following topics:

Core neutronics Natural circulation thermal fluidics and passive heat removal Machine learning, data assimilation and adaptive modeling Structural mechanics Two-phase thermal fluidics Atomistic and mesoscale modeling and simulation of nuclear fuels, cladding

and reactor structural materials Reactor challenge problems (NEAMS, CASL) Integral benchmark evaluations Thermal fluids (i.e., RELAP7) Structural mechanics (i.e., Diablo) Engineering-scale fuel performance (BISON) Integrated multiscale material evolution (BISON-MARMOT) Integrated multiphysics simulations (NEAMS toolset)

Uncertainty quantification of multi-physics, multiscale calculations Risk Informed Safety Margin Characterization (RISMC) software tool

commercialization to include modules for extreme natural hazards such as hurricane, storm surge, earthquake, tornado

Nuclear Cybersecurity (Presenter: Steve Hartenstein) This breakout session will cover cybersecurity and physical security risks to nuclear instrumentation and control. I&C within nuclear facilities are continuously connected with information technology and wireless communications in facilities adding in the potential for security vulnerabilities. This breakout session will discuss the current and potential work INL is doing to learn more about cyber and physical security risks in this space.

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Nuclear Materials and Fuels/Advanced Manufacturing (Presenters: Jon Carmack, Gabriel Ilevbare, Doug Crawford) This breakout session will cover the following topics:

Specialty steels and alloys. Ceramic composites In Situ mitigation and repair of materials degradation Radiation resistant cladding Materials aging and degradation Evaluating impacts on structural and nonstructural components so that aging

and deterioration can be linked to system operation models Heat exchangers: materials, welds, corrosion, tribology in different fluids Stored energy of radiation damage Technologies for the fabrication and characterization of nuclear reactor fuel Liquid metal reactor metallic fuel behavior Accident tolerant LWR fuels and cladding Non-destructive assay of safeguards/nonproliferation/forensics

measurement Micro-scale and macro-scale fuel performance Additive manufacturing

Nuclear Nonproliferation and Nuclear Forensics (Presenter: David Chichester) This breakout session will cover the following topics:

Programmatic activities o Materials protection, accounting, and control for domestic fuel cycles o Policy support for current and future treaties, with emphasis on the

additional protocol o Advanced technology and its implications for proliferation

Technology o Actinide radiochemistry o Accelerator mass spectrometry o Photonuclear activation for isotope production o Nondestructive assay instrumentation for hot cell deployment o Nuclear data development for (alpha,n) reaction cross sections o Cybersecurity research and development focused on nuclear

nonproliferation

Nuclear Reactor Technologies (including small modular reactors and advanced reactor designs) (Presenters: Hans Gougar, Gilles Youinou, Christian Rabiti) This breakout session will cover the following topics:

Separate effects tests for generating HTGR thermal fluid phenomena data Radioisotope retention in graphite and graphitic materials Nuclear cross sections for graphite grades at different temperatures and

porosities Online measurement of burnup in high temperature reactor fuel pebbles

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Global analysis of the reactor cavity cooling system data sets and scaling

studies for a full scale model.

Fission product retention, diffusion and transport in advanced reactor concepts (including gap analyses for codes such as MELCOR and MAAP)

Portable power sources utilizing novel radioisotopes (other than 238Pu, 90Sr) or micro-fission systems for deployment in terrestrial applications

Novel approaches in Civil engineering – concrete technology and footprint reduction, seismic analysis and building design

Risk Assessment/Reactor Licensing (Presenters: Bob Youngblood, Marty Sattison ) This breakout session will cover the following topics:

Reliability/Availability/Maintainability/Inspectability (RAMI) modeling of advanced reactor concepts and hybrid systems

Applying imprecise probability Concepts to Decision-Making About Safety Instrumentation capable of surviving in harsh environments Improved Models for Human Performance in Simulation of Plant Behavior Fusion of Model Validation with Predictive Capability Maturity Modeling Improved Unified Treatment of Phenomenology and Reliability in Simulation

of Plant Behavior Systems Analysis (Presenter: Mitchell Kerman) This breakout session will cover INL’s strategically expanding footprint in systems science, engineering, and associated analyses. INL has a growing role in working with multiple federal customers and have also been expanding this to state and local agencies and industrial customers. INL is seeking to partner with universities who can complement its capabilities and technical offerings as wells as help it expand into new market areas and customer bases. TREAT (Presenter: Dan Wachs) This breakout sessions would discuss the research needs of TREAT including:

Development of experimental infrastructure related to fuel safety research including novel instrumentation, irradiation test vehicles, and analytical techniques

Design of experiments relevant to fuel safety research program objectives [enabling advanced reactor technologies, optimization of LWR fuel systems, and fundamental fuel properties and behaviors]

Development of complementary out-of-pile testing systems Used Nuclear Fuel and Waste Related Concepts (Presenter: Monica Regalbuto) This breakout session will cover the following topics:

Experiment and modeling of chlorine induced stress corrosion cracking Nondestructive measurement and evaluation of nuclear waste storage cask

internal conditions Material recovery and waste forms

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Technologies for rapid analysis and assessment of key radiological contaminants in water and soil matrices

Modeling tools and techniques for assessing contaminant risk and target cleanup levels

Versatile Fast Neutron Source (Presenters: Wade Marcum, Yousry Azmy) This breakout session will cover VFNS whose vision is to, through experimental, theoretical and computational advances, provide the materials and fuels science community with unprecedented research capability to enable a comprehensive understanding of the multiscale and multiphysics performance of nuclear fuels and structural materials under extreme radiation environments. Wind Energy (Jake Gentle) This breakout session will cover the following topics:

Effects of fatigue, soil-structure interactions, wind-wave-structure interactions, etc. on the performance of wind turbines

Impact of extreme winds on the reliability of structural and nonstructural components