Nathan Jerred

Profile Information
Name
Dr. Nathan Jerred
Institution
BWXT Advanced Technologies
Position
Research Engineer
h-Index
7
ORCID
0000-0003-2887-639X
Expertise
Advanced Manufacturing, Advanced Nuclear Fuels, Electric Field Assisted Sintering, Fission Accelerated Steady-State Testing (FAST), Nuclear Fuel Fabrication, Nuclear Space Reactor Technology, Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP), Space Nuclear Propulsion (SNP), Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS), thermal, Ultra-High Temperature Nuclear Fuels
Publications:
"A Study of a Surrogate Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Fuel Element " Arvin Cunningham, Dennis Tucker, Nathan Jerred, Journal of Ceramic Science and Technology Vol. 2026 All Link
A surrogate fuel, Zirconium Carbide/Titanium Nitride has been prepared using a simple method to obtain a more uniform distribution of titanium nitride in the zirconium carbide matrix. Powders were sintered using Spark Plasma Sintering at 2023oK and 2123oK using a modified sintering profile. This resulted in a fairly uniform distribution of titanium nitride in the zirconium carbide matrix with a density of 95% of theoretical at 2123oK. Scanning electron microscopy, indentation hardness and x-ray diffraction results are given.