Research in Supercritical Water Reactor Technologies

Materials and Radiation Chemistry

• High volume supercritical water loop for measurement of oxidation and stress corrosion cracking of various alloys in flowing supercritical water [More...]
• Plasma-source surface modification to improve oxidation performance
• Measurement of neutron-induced radiolysis rates in small volume supercritical water loop at UW Nuclear Reactor [More...]

Thermal-hydraulics

• Measurements of global heat transfer coefficients
• Measurements of mean and fluctuating components of velocity and density in conjunction with local heat transfer coefficients
• Critical flow of supercritical fluids
• Analysis of fundamental CFD tools for supercritical flow and heat transfer

Reactor Design and Analysis

• Design of mixed spectrum reactor for actinide management
• Determination of assembly parameter design window for various cladding materials
• Enhancement of reactor analysis tools and methodologies for SCWR features [More...]