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Research

frtlssFebruary 1, 2023

Case Study: Conjugate Heat Transfer Simulation for a Fuel Element of an Experimental Nuclear Reactor

glowing blue machinery

NERS researchers Professor Brendan Kochunas and Dr. Yuxuan Liu have created a free online learning resource for those wanting to learn how to do engineering analysis for a nuclear reactor fuel element with ANSYS.

Sara NormanOctober 21, 2022

Land use matters as communities cut carbon emissions

A chart showing different land requirements for renewable energy

Communities will have varied tolerances for the acreage occupied by renewables. A new study quantifies the land needed for different options.

Sara NormanSeptember 15, 2022

First light at the most powerful laser in the US

Two people in a dark space with reflected green and pink light. They wear hairnets and masks to keep the space clean

The ZEUS laser at the University of Michigan has begun its commissioning experiments

Sara NormanJuly 20, 2022

$5.1M to advance nuclear energy awarded to U-M

A student wearing safety gear working in a lab pouring liquids

The Department of Energy will support research into better heat exchangers as well as improved predictions for neutron physics and radiation damage.

engindeptsJune 3, 2022

Solar Powered, Point-of-Use Plasma Disinfection Tool for Clean Water on Demand

John Foster’s group is developing a plasma-device for disinfecting water on-demand that will be solar- or human-powered.

Sara NormanApril 22, 2022

Honoring the past and sizing up nuclear’s future at the Phoenix rededication

The MMPP panel

The Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project, conceived as a war memorial following World War II, remains relevant in the face of climate change and international conflict.

SnehaFebruary 28, 2022

Ionizing radiation induces a negative nonlinear absorption coefficient in quartz glass

five samples of various colors

NERS PhD Student Bryan Morgan’s research on non-linear absorption in quartz glass published in Optical Materials Express.

Sara NormanJanuary 3, 2022

Nuclear “shadow corrosion” reproduced in the lab, paving way to longer fuel life

In this cross section of the Zircaloy channel wall, the band of uniform medium gray is zirconium oxide, 20 microns wide. Here, the Zircaloy had not been exposed to the steel control blade handle. Image courtesy of General Electric.

Now that it’s understood, researchers are on their way to preventing this type of degradation in nuclear power plants.

Sara NormanOctober 8, 2021

Nuclear nonproliferation: $1.9M to improve detection of weapons-grade material

Three people standing in front of a computer

Untangling the signatures of smuggled nuclear materials from the radiation background created by shooting neutrons at suspected cargo is the task of U-M research team.

Sara NormanSeptember 24, 2021

Augmented reality for testing nuclear components

A person looking at their computer screen doing research

A new machine learning platform detects and quantifies radiation-induced defects instantaneously and could be extended to interpret other microscopy data.

Sara NormanAugust 17, 2021

Most powerful laser in the U.S. to begin operations soon, supported by $18.5M from the NSF

Hercules laser

With first light anticipated in 2022, the NSF will provide five years of operations funding, ramping up as the ZEUS user facility progresses to full capacity.

Sara NormanAugust 17, 2021

Strong magnetic fields change how friction works in plasma

These images show the trajectories of an electron in the plasma (blue) and an ion (red) passing through the plasma. In (g), the electron starts on the right of the ion’s path, whereas in (h) it starts on the left. Because the electrons in a strongly magnetized plasma behave differently depending on where they start relative to the ion, they create an asymmetric drag on the moving ion, the researchers found. Credit: Louis Jose, Plasma Theory Group, University of Michigan

Rather than just slowing down a charged particle moving through a plasma, friction can also push from the side in a strong magnetic field.

Sara NormanMay 3, 2021

Fluid motion induced by plasma interaction with water with self-organization

NERS PhD Student Zimu Yang writes Featured Article in the Journal of Applied Physics.

Sara NormanOctober 28, 2020

NERS researchers aim to understand the behavior of high entropy alloys under extreme conditions

cover of advanced materials magazine

The research is part of a greater project to find an optimized radiation-tolerant material.

Sara NormanOctober 19, 2020

Antineutrino detectors as nuclear security tools for monitoring reactors from a distance

Felicia-Sutanto portrait

NERS Ph.D. student Felicia Sutanto’s antineutrino detector research published in Physical Review C.

Sara NormanOctober 1, 2020

Nuclear nonproliferation: gamma-ray vision for ports and border crossings

Two cargo containers

The low-energy nuclear reaction could see through heavy containers hiding materials that could be turned into nuclear weapons.

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