RU-Net for Automatic Characterization of TRISO Fuel Cross Sections

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2509.12244v1
• Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2025 23:04:28 GMT
• Title: RU-Net for Automatic Characterization of TRISO Fuel Cross Sections
• Authors: Lu Cai, Fei Xu, Min Xian, Yalei Tang, Shoukun Sun, John Stempien,
• Abstract summary: We use convolutional neural networks (CNNs) to segment cross-sectional images of microscopic TRISO layers.<n>CNNs are a class of machine-learning algorithms specifically designed for processing structured grid data.<n>Preliminary results show that the model based on RU-Net performs best in terms of Intersection over Union.
• Score: 4.456149258746652
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
• Abstract: During irradiation, phenomena such as kernel swelling and buffer densification may impact the performance of tristructural isotropic (TRISO) particle fuel. Post-irradiation microscopy is often used to identify these irradiation-induced morphologic changes. However, each fuel compact generally contains thousands of TRISO particles. Manually performing the work to get statistical information on these phenomena is cumbersome and subjective. To reduce the subjectivity inherent in that process and to accelerate data analysis, we used convolutional neural networks (CNNs) to automatically segment cross-sectional images of microscopic TRISO layers. CNNs are a class of machine-learning algorithms specifically designed for processing structured grid data. They have gained popularity in recent years due to their remarkable performance in various computer vision tasks, including image classification, object detection, and image segmentation. In this research, we generated a large irradiated TRISO layer dataset with more than 2,000 microscopic images of cross-sectional TRISO particles and the corresponding annotated images. Based on these annotated images, we used different CNNs to automatically segment different TRISO layers. These CNNs include RU-Net (developed in this study), as well as three existing architectures: U-Net, Residual Network (ResNet), and Attention U-Net. The preliminary results show that the model based on RU-Net performs best in terms of Intersection over Union (IoU). Using CNN models, we can expedite the analysis of TRISO particle cross sections, significantly reducing the manual labor involved and improving the objectivity of the segmentation results.

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