2018 | AFC ACCOMPLISHMENTS 188 Active Projects Awarded in 2016 Nuclear Energy University Project Grants Lead University Title Principle Investigator University South Carolina Phase Equilibria andThermochemistry of Advanced Fuels: Modeling Burnup Behavior Theodore Besmann North Carolina State University Microstructure Experiments-Enabled MARMOT Simulations of SiC/SiC-based AccidentTolerant Nuclear Fuel System Jacob Eapen Purdue University Microstructure,Thermal, and Mechanical Properties Relationships in U and UZr Alloys Maria Okuniewski Pennsylvania State University A Coupled Experimental and Simulation Approach to Investigate the Impact of Grain Growth, Amorphization, and Grain Subdivision in Accident Tolerant U3Si2 Light Water Reactor Fuel MichaelTonks University of Idaho - IRP A Science Based Approach for Selecting Dopants in FCCI-Resistant Metallic Fuel Systems Indrajit Charit The Ohio State University Alloying Agents to Stabilize Lanthanides Against Fuel Cladding Chemical Interaction:Tellurium and Antimony Studies Jinsuo Zhang