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The programme begins with registration in the Hub Theatre Foyer and lunch in the Medlar Suite (number 06 on the campus map).

Day 1 March 31

12.00pm Lunch and registration

1.30 pm Welcome

Session 1

13.40Michael KirkhamAgeing of nuclear fuel cladding in advanced gas-cooled reactors
14.00Mitesh PatelMultiscale modelling of delayed hydride cracking
14.20Ksenija DvurecenskaPreliminary evaluation of validation metrics for computational mechanics models
14.40Yun-Hao HsiehA ceramic wasteform for high-level waste from advanced reprocessing
15.00Matthew Jordan3D experimental observation of notch strains in AGR nuclear graphite
Break

Session 2

15.40Robert WorthThermal treatment of UK irradiated graphite waste
16.00Roxanne NeallThe potential for sic-sic composite fuel cladding in PWRS: developing a feasible manufacturing technique
16.20Richard PearsonAssessment of the technological challenges and opportunities concerning tritium supply and demand in small Tokamaks
16.40A.J. PopelThe effect of radiation damage by fission fragments on structural stability and dissolution of the UO2 fuel matrix
17.00Day 1 close

Day 2 April 1

Session 3

9.20Conor GalvinModelling the thermomechanical properties of actinide oxides
9.40Mark WoottonCollision Cascades in an Iron-Chromium Binary Alloy
10.00A Darbyshire Control System Modelling of Pyroelectric Neutron Sources, MATLAB/Simulink
10.20George KwasowskiDeveloping a methodology for modelling mixed mode failure in nuclear graphite components
10.40Hassan MohamedAn investigation into the feasibility of utilizing thorium-based fuel cycles in a small fluoride-salt-cooled high-temperature reactor
Break

Session 4

11.20Matthew JacksonStudy of the intrinsic defects within Be12X materials
11.40Sophie RennieWater corrosion of spent nuclear fuel: radiolysis driven dissolution at the UO2/water interface
12.00Kien TrinhOptimising the Refuelling Strategy for a Denatured Molten Salt Reactor
12.20Susann HänschMicro-scale simulations of nucleate pool boiling
12.40Sebastian LawsonRadiation effects in Perovskites – The effect of damage
Lunch

Session 5

14.00Michael WolfendaleAnalytical solutions to the phenomena of electromagnetic flow coupling and heat transfer in fusion blankets and their application to design
14.20Thomas HaynesFinite element modelling of pellet-clad interaction in advanced gas cooled reactors
14.40M. KendrickLES modelling of natural convection flows through inclined geometries, large eddy simulation
15.00David HarlandModelling of turbulence-induced secondary flows in non-circular channels
15.20Gollam MajumderBubble dynamics in high pressure sub-cooled flow
Break

Session 6

15.40Wenjun LuElectropulse-induced microstructural evolution in austenitic stainless steel
16.00Anas AchouriImproving the spatial resolution of the contour method for residual stress measurement on a hot-rolled ASTM A387 grade 91 steel plate laser welded
16.20Abdullah Al MamunEffect of back stress on overall creep lifetime of 316H during operation at nuclear power plants
16.40Benjamin KrawczykEffect of surface treatment on the corrosion susceptibility of type 316 stainless steel overpacks
Day 2 close

19.00 Forum Dinner

Day 3 April 2

Session 7

9.20Rahul UnnikrishnanCondition monitoring of structural components in nuclear power plants by electron backscatter diffraction
9.40Benjamin PearceRemote, optical detection of alpha-emitters: a study of radioluminescence detection in air
10.00Claudia GasparriniKinetics of oxidation in carbide nuclear reactor fuels
10.20Liam Payne
10.40Olga NegriNeutronic and thermal-hydraulic modelling of a molten salt reactor for marine propulsion applications
11.00Ji Soo AhnIsogeometric analysis of the MHD flows in a duct

Conference concluding remarks, presentations and lunch

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