Accelerated qualification of uranium diboride fuel

This project combines our expertise in neutron scattering measurements with ab-initio modelling to predict and measure fundamental properties of UB2 related to its use as a nuclear reactor fuel. Combining these methods shortens the development time for a new nuclear fuel and accelerates nuclear innovation. UB2 is an exciting new fuel material with combined high density and high thermal conductivity for use in space power reactors and thermal rocket propulsion, as well as a burnable absorber in conventional power reactors.