Diego is opening up a graphite FLiBe infiltration experiment that ran at 700C and 7bar. It's not easy working with FLiBe, but we want to get the most useful data, so Diego put in the time to do it right, and do it safely.

Making and breaking things in the MiHTEE Lab! Dekota and Bryce's custom heaters for our molten salt loop, Diego's custom pressure vessel for FLiBe infiltration experiments, and Abdullah's tensile test on ultra fine grained stainless steel #glowblue @umichNERS

We've got a few molten salt loop projects in the hopper, so we're setting up an extra experimental bay. Here's Annalise with part of the vacuum assembly. As you can see, it requires a bit of force to tighten those fittings! #glowblue @umichNERS

Bade is preparing capsules for a thermal cycling experiment with uranium fluoride. She will study how uranium deposits on the salt facing walls of containment vessels in molten salt reactors #glowblue @umichNERS

We're all in on powder met for nuclear components! Brian has HIP cans before and after HIPing in our AIP6-30H. We're studying more than the parts - we're looking at the process too, linking processing to structure to performance #glowblue @umichNERS

Michigan brought a good crowd and lots of impactful research to MiNES 2025 @umichNERS

MiHTEE Lab made the most of MSR Workshop 2025. Our students showed off 7 posters demonstrating the breadth and impact of our work. We're looking forward to next year's workshop! #glowblue @umichNERS

New group photo on a beautiful Fall day on North Campus (missing a few people)

Connor with new PhD student Mike and Recent Michigan PhD grad and new MiHTEE post doc Abdullah sealing up an autoclave for an IASCC experiment with an ODS stainless steel

Natalie, a sophomore nuclear engineering student, is rolling tungsten at 1100C. We're using old school metallurgy to make better refractory materials for extreme environments @umichNERS