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Improvements in additive manufacturing technologies will enable multiple-material and advanced material capabilities, creating opportunities to improve and expand the nuclear fuel fabrication process. Additive manufacturing can allow fuel to have complex geometries and contain composites of materials that would otherwise be difficult or impossible to make with traditional manufacturing methods. This opportunity also has implications for nuclear proliferation, as nuclear parts may be printed and more easily acquired. We present a survey of additive manufacturing technologies and relevant signatures that could be used to identify processes, materials, or part properties.
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The authors would like to thank Patrick Snarr and Derek Haas for their contributions in advising throughout the research process. We would like to additionally thank The University of Texas at Austin for the use of their research facilities and machines. We would also like to thank the Consortium for Enabling Technologies and Innovation for funding of this project under award DE-NA0003921.
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Gladden, B.J., Snarr, S.E. & Haas, D.A. Survey of Additive Manufacturing Signatures for the Prevention of Nuclear Proliferation. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 331, 4953–4961 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-022-08449-0
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