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 Timothy M. Schriener
Post-Graduate Working Toward Ph.D.
Institute for Space and Nuclear Power Studies
MSC01-1120, FEC 237
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
Phone: 505.277.3321
Fax: 505.277.2814
schrient@unm.edu
Education: B.S. Nuclear Engineering, Oregon State University, 2006.
Research Projects: Tim’s research focus lies in methods for reducing the further production of actinide wastes and their destruction in nuclear reactors in support of an advanced closed fuel cycle. Actinide production in nuclear reactors presents both a proliferation risk through plutonium production and represents the bulk of the long-lived waste in spent nuclear fuel. Reducing the production of plutonium and the minor actinides in nuclear fuel and destruction of existing wastes through neutron induced fission and transmutation greatly eases waste repository difficulties and proliferation risks from the generation of 239Pu. Current efforts in this area focus on computational modeling of nuclear systems using monte carlo radiation transport and multigroup fuel isotopic burnup methods. Recent research topics include using MCNPX and MonteBurns to model fuel burnup and operational lifetimes for fast spectrum space reactors.
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