Demonstration of Small-Scale Continuous Casting
Demonstration of Small-Scale Continuous Casting
Uranium fuel pins, as used in current nuclear reactors, are manufactured using reliable, but wasteful and inefficient methods. Our focus is to demonstrate the feasibility of using continuous casting as a method of producing the fuel pin geometry using a stable, low-melting point alloy. Continuous casting has the potential to drastically reduce hazardous waste, increase production rate of the fuel pins, and allow for previously impractical geometries.
Attend Our Technical Presentation
4:30 p.m. Friday, April 28 – Session 6
Team Members
Kade Forbes - Materials Science and Engineering
Timothy Stevens - Mechanical Engineering
Brennen Coulson - Mechanical Engineering
Tristan Denning - Electrical Engineering
Wyatt Knickerbocker - Computer Science
Client/Sponsor
Randall Fielding - Idaho National Laboratory
Faculty Advisor
Michael Maughan - U of I Department of Mechanical Engineering
Meet Us In-Person at EXPO
Booth Number: 24
Join us in-person 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Friday, April 28, in the Idaho Central Credit Union Arena on the Moscow campus during our 30th annual Engineering Design EXPO! Browse all student team booths. Maps are available on-site.