Research
Research Driving InnovationThe Center for Advanced Small Modular and Microreactors (CASMR) is dedicated to advancing nuclear technology by developing affordable, reliable, and sustainable energy solutions with a focus on safety and zero-carbon emissions.
Research Areas and Applications
The center’s research program focuses on advancing nuclear technologies that can provide reliable, carbon-free energy for a wide range of applications. Through collaboration and innovation, CASMR supports breakthroughs that strengthen energy security, economic growth and sustainability.
Light Water Reactors
- Gen-II and Gen-III/III+ reactor designs
- Boiling and condensation
- Light water reactor accident analysis
- Light water reactor fuel bundles
Advanced Reactors
- Liquid metal fast reactors
- Gas-cooled fast reactors
- Molten salt reactors
- Small modular reactors
- Micro modular reactors
- Heat pipe reactors
Generation IV Reactors
- Pebble bed and graphite block type reactor
- Passive heat removal systems
- Containment response
- Natural circulation
State-of-the-Art Instrumentation
- Optical fiber sensors
- Thermal imaging
- Laser-based flow visualization
- Schlieren and shadowgraphy imaging
- X-ray tomography
- Chemical analyses
- Gas composition
Other Applications
- Heat and mass transfer
- Single-phase and multiphase flows
- Single-phase and two-phase jets
- Supersonic jet
- Integrated energy systems
Projects
The Center for Advanced Small Modular and Microreactors (CASMR) is dedicated to advancing nuclear technology by developing affordable, reliable, and sustainable energy solutions with a focus on safety and zero-carbon emissions.
THR Lab
The Thermal-Hydraulic Research Laboratory (THRL) advances the frontier of nuclear engineering by conducting fundamental and applied research on multi-scale & multi-physics flow phenomena.