This workshop is the first of what we hope will become either an annual or biennial event. The purpose of the workshop is to promote interaction between the nuclear fuel, traditional ceramics processing and thermophysical properties communities. Every effort is being made to balance the contributions from each of these disciplines, while achieving equilibrium between theoretical and experimental work. The academic structure and focused nature of the program is intended to foster the exchange of ideas and information among participants. Given the common interest and natural overlap in the science between these disciplines, the activation energy for this process should be low. We invite you to join us.

Program:

Day 1: May 8
SESSION 1	Chair: C. DiAntonio, Sandia National Labs
08:30 - 08:45	Opening remarks (G. Widawski, NETZSCH Instruments)
08:45 - 09.45	Sintering: Current Status, Challenges and Opportunities  (R. Bordia, University of Washington)
09:45 - 10:15	Overview of Nitride Fuels (A. Nelson, Los Alamos National Lab)
10:15 - 10:30	Break
10:30 - 11:15	Experiment and Modeling of Advanced Uranium-Carbon-Nitrogen Nuclear Fuels (S. Voit, T. Besmann, T. Lindemer and C. Silva, Oak Ridge National Lab)
11:15 - 12:15	Processing, Structure, Properties and Performance of Oxide Nuclear Fuels (A. Nelson, Los Alamos National Lab)
12:15 -  1:15	Lunch
SESSION 2	Chair: A. Nelson, Los Alamos National Lab
1:15 -  2:15	Controlling Ceramic Sintering and Organic Decomposition Behavior through Master Curves (C. DiAntonio and K. Ewsuk, Sandia National Labs)
2:15 -  3:15	Irradiated Nuclear Fuel Safety Studies (V. Rondinella, ITU, Germany)
3:15 -  3:45	Microscale Thermophysical Property Measurement Techniques (H. Ban, Utah State University)
3:45 -  4:00	Break
4:00 -  4:45	Meso-scale Microstructural Modeling of Fuel Performance (V. Tikare, Sandia National Labs)
4.45 -  5:30	Search for New, Low Thermal Conductivity Oxides (D. Clarke, Harvard University)
5:30 -  6:00	Thermal Conductivity of MOX and MA-bearing MOX (K. Morimoto1, M. Kato1, M. Ogasawara2 and Y. Kihara1, 1JAEA, Japan, 2Inspection Development Company, Japan)
7:30	Workshop Dinner

Day 2: May 9
SESSION 3	Chair: V. Rondinella, ITU
08:00 - 09:00	Atomistic Simulations of Mass and Thermal Transport in Oxide Nuclear Fuels  (C. Stanek and D. Andersson, Los Alamos National Lab)
09:00 - 09.30	Effect of Substitution on the Mechanical Properties of Urania and Thoria Fuel using Atomic Level Simulations (R. Behera and C. Deo, Georgia Institute of Technology)
09:30 - 10:15	Thermophysical Properties Measurements on Irradiated Materials at Windscale - a UK Perspective (T. Shaw, National Nuclear Lab, UK)
10:15 - 10:30	Break
10:30 - 11:00	Spark Plasma Sintering of VC and ZrC Porous Structures: Formation and Properties (C. Back1, O. Izhvanov1, H. Khalifa1, E. Olevsky2 and W. Li1, 1General Atomics, 2San Diego State University)
11:00 - 11:30	Spark Plasma Sintering: Processing of Nuclear Materials (R. O'Brien, Center for Space Nuclear Research)
11:30 - 12:15	Prediction of the Thermodynamic Properties and Phase Equilibria in IVth Generation Oxide and Carbide Nuclear Fuels (C. Guéneau1, S. Gossé1, S. Chatain1, T. Alpettaz1 and N. Dupin2, 1CEA, France, 2Calcul Thermodynamique, France)
12:15 -  1:15	Lunch
SESSION 4	Chair: K. McClellan, Los Alamos National Lab
1:15 -  2:00	Thermodynamic Modeling and Experiments in Urania-Rare Earth Systems (T. Besmann, S. Voit, D. Shin, J. McMurray and B. Slone, Oak Ridge National Lab)
2:00 -  2:30	Experimental Determination of the Impact of Defects on Ceramic Sintering (J. Henderson, NETZSCH Instruments)
2:30 -  3:15	Sintering of Ceramics: Theory, Practice and Applications. Case Study: Sintering Transparent Magnesium Aluminate Spinel (M. Rubat du Merac, Colorado School of Mines)
3:15 -  3:30	Break
3:30 -  4:00	Microstructures in Actinide-Zirconium Alloy Metal Fuels (D. Janney, C. Papesch and R. Kennedy, Idaho National Lab)
4:00 -  4:30	Mass Change and Evolved Gas Analysis of Nuclear Ceramics (D. Wayne, Los Alamos National Lab)
4:30 -  5:00	Characterization of Oxide and Non-oxide Ceramics by Thermal Analysis Methods: From Binder Burnout to Dense Ceramics (E. Post, NETZSCH-Gerätebau GmbH, Germany)
5:00	Workshop Evaluation and Closing

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