BIOGRAPHY
Lorenzo Vergari is a Ph.D. candidate in the SALT group. His research investigates chemistry and engineering of graphite in molten fluoride salt reactors. Lorenzo is a recipient of the Berkeley Graduate Fellowship. Before joining UC Berkeley, he obtained a M.S. in Nuclear Engineering from Politecnico di Milano, a M.S. in Energy and Nuclear Engineering from Politecnico di Torino, and a B.S. in Energy Engineering from Politecnico di Milano.
PROJECTS
Graphite and Tritium Studies in Molten Fluoride Salts
Molten Salt Reactor Test Bed with Neutron Irradiation
Lorenzo’s research projects focus on using graphite as a vector for tritium removal, on preventing salt infiltration in graphite components and on tribology in fluoride systems . Part of Lorenzo’s research is performed in collaboration with MIT, NCSU and ORNL (within the US DOE NEUP) and with Kairos Power.
RECENT AWARDS
2021 James F. Schumar Graduate Scholarship – American Nuclear Society, MST division
2021 Joonhong Ahn Award – UC Berkeley, NE department
2020 Best Paper in Materials Chemistry – UC Berkeley, NE department
2020 Young Researcher Award – Asia Pacific Symposium on Tritium Science
2019 Graduate Fellowship – UC Berkeley
PUBLICATIONS
Vergari, L., & Scarlat, R. O. Kinetics and Transport of Hydrogen in Graphite at High Temperature and the Effects of Oxidation, Irradiation and Isotopics. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 153142. (2021)
Vergari, L., & Scarlat, R. O. The impact of neutron irradiation, graphite oxidation and fluorination on tritium uptake into and desorption from graphite in molten salt environments. Fusion Engineering and Design, 168, 112627. (2021)
Vergari, L., & Scarlat, R. O. Thermodynamics of hydrogen in graphite at high temperature and the effects of oxidation, irradiation and isotopics. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 152797. (2021)
Vergari, L., & Fratoni, M. Spent fuel management strategies for fluoride-cooled pebble bed reactors. Nuclear Engineering and Design, 378, 111189. (2021)
Vergari, L., Cammi, A., & Lorenzi, S. Reduced order modeling for coupled thermal-hydraulics and reactor physics problems. Progress in Nuclear Energy, 140, 103899. (2021)
Vergari, L., Cammi, A., & Lorenzi, S. Reduced order modeling approach for parametrized thermal-hydraulics problems: inclusion of the energy equation in the POD-FV-ROM method. Progress in Nuclear Energy, 118, 103071. (2020)
ORCID Profile: 
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