Nicholas Brown
Profile Information
- Name
- Nicholas Brown
- Institution
- Pennsylvania State University
- Position
- Assistant Professor of Nuclear Engineering
- h-Index
- ORCID
- 0000-0002-0231-7728
Publications:
| "Fully Ceramic Microencapsulated fuel in prismatic high-temperature gas-cooled reactors: Sensitivity of reactor behavior during design basis accidents to fuel properties and the potential impact of the SiC defect annealing process" Takaaki Koyanagi, Yutai Katoh, Kurt Terrani, Nicholas Brown, Nuclear Engineering and Design Vol. 345 2019 125-147 Link |
NSUF Articles:
| DOE Awards 33 Rapid Turnaround Experiment Research Proposals - Projects total approximately $1.5 million These projects will continue to advance the understanding of irradiation effects in nuclear fuels and materials in support of the mission of the DOE Office of Nuclear Energy. Monday, May 14, 2018 - Calls and Awards |
| DOE awards 39 RTE Projects - Projects total approximately $1.3 million Thursday, February 1, 2018 - Calls and Awards |
| DOE Awards 37 RTE Proposals - Awarded projects total nearly $1.4M in access awards Tuesday, July 14, 2020 - News Release, Calls and Awards |
| CINR Awards Announced - Eight projects were selected Projects will take advantage of NSUF capabilities to investigate important nuclear fuel and material applications. Thursday, June 27, 2019 - Calls and Awards |
Accomplishments
NSUF Supported Research
Mechanical testing of Posttest LOCA Sample with Irradiated High burnup Fuel Rods - FY 2020 RTE 2nd Call, #20-4208
Novel Microstructure Characterization of Pre-Hydrided ZIRLO® at Low Neutron Doses - FY 2018 RTE 2nd Call, #18-1455
Kinetics of irradiation defect annealing and thermal conductivity recovery in silicon carbide at high temperature - FY 2018 RTE 1st Call, #18-1237