Conducting Cutting-Edge Research in South Korea

Cadet Reniel dela Cruz was selected for the Nuclear and Quantum Engineering (NQe) internship at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in Daejeon, South Korea. He is there with nine other undergraduate students and his working with Professor Yonghee Kim in the Nuclear Reactor Physics and Transmutation Laboratory. He is analyzing Accident Tolerant Fuel (ATF) designs that utilize uranium disilicide (U3Si2) fuel and various claddings and coatings. Specifically, he will employ high-fidelity Monte Carlo modeling and simulation codes to determine the equilibrium cycle performance of the different ATF designs in a small modular reactor designed by Professor Kim’s research group.