Andy Casella

Profile Information
Name
Andy Casella
Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Position
Scientist
Affiliation
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
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ORCID
0000-0002-4053-6593
Publications:
"Performance evaluation and post-irradiation examination of a novel LWR fuel composed of U0.17ZrH1.6 fuel pellets bonded to Zircaloy-2 cladding by lead bismuth eutectic" Mehdi Balooch, Edgar Buck, Andy Casella, Peter Hosemann, Donald Olander, Dave Senor, Kurt Terrani, Journal of Nuclear Materials Vol. 486 2017 391-401 Link
A novel light water reactor fuel has been designed and fabricated at the University of California, Berkeley; irradiated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Reactor; and examined within the Radiochemical Processing Laboratory at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. This fuel consists of U0.17ZrH1.6 fuel pellets core-drilled from TRIGA reactor fuel elements that are clad in Zircaloy-2 and bonded with lead-bismuth eutectic. The performance evaluation and post irradiation examination of this fuel are presented here.
Presentations:
" Microanalysis of Irradiated Metallic Hydride Nuclear fuel (U0.17 ZrH1.6) Fuels" Mehdi Balooch, Edgar Buck, Andy Casella, 2017 ANS Annual Meeting [unknown]