Title
Associate Professor

Department
Dept of Nuclear Engineering


Faculty URL
https://www.nuc.berkeley.edu/people/massimiliano_fratoni

Email
maxfratoni@berkeley.edu

Phone
(510) 664-9079


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Research Expertise and Interest
nuclear reactor design, fuel cycle analysis, fusion reactors

Research Description
Massimiliano?Fratoni is a professor in the Department of Nuclear Engineering.? His main research interests are in?sustainable nuclear energy through advanced reactors and?advanced fuel cycles that maximize natural resource utilization?and minimize nuclear waste. Among other concepts, he is actively investigating solid and liquid fuel molten salt?reactors, accident tolerant fuels, and fast spectrum systems.?Professor?Fratoni's research group also develops computational methods to support reactor analysis,?and in particular multi-physics modeling and uncertainty quantification. Additional research areas?include nuclear space applications, nuclear fuel cycle analysis, geological repository/far-field?criticality, and fusion blanket design.