Daniele Salvato

Profile Information
Name
dr Daniele Salvato
Institution
Idaho National Laboratory
Position
PostDoc
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ORCID
0000-0002-1866-6500
Biography

I got a Bachelor in Energy Engineering and a Master in Nuclear Engineering from Politecnico di MIlano (Italy). In 2020, I obtained a PhD at the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK CEN), in collaboration with the University of Gent (Belgium). I am currently working as a postdoc in the post irradiation examination group of the Idaho National Laboratory (USA). 

My interests and job functions relates to the post irradiation characterization of nuclear fuel, focusing on how fuel microstructure and thermal-mechanical properties are affected by neutron (and ion) irradiation. During my studies and my time at the Idaho National Laboratory, I have been using various electron microscopy techniques to examine neutron or ion irradiated fuels, such as SEM, TEM, EBSD, EPMA.

Expertise
EBSD, EDS, FIB, Ion Irradiation, Microstructure, Neutron Irradiation, PIE, SEM, TEM
Publications:
"Analysis of radially resolved thermal conductivity in high burnup mixed oxide fuel and comparison to thermal conductivity correlations implemented in fuel performance codes" Marat Khafizov, Joshua Ferrigno, Tsvetoslav Pavlov, Narayan Poudel, Daniele Salvato, Chuting Tan, Troy Munro, Fabiola Cappia, Journal of Nuclear Materials Vol. 596 2024 Link