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Highlights include designing and conducting hot cell experiments on spent nuclear fuel, leading DOE-funded research on aerosol release and licensing gaps, and performing aerosol leaching and steam/water transmission studies. Education covers PhD research on spent nuclear fuel solubility, plus MSc and BTech training. 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S. commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF) to evaluate performance under long-term storage and disposal  \n• Principal Investigator of a DOE funded project to investigate the possibility of aerosol release from hypothetical SNF canister breaches  \n• ORNL Technical Lead on three U. S. Department of Energy (D.O. E) projects to identify gaps in licensing of aged and hightemperature annealed SNF  \nPurdue University  \nPostdoctoral Research Assistant Department of Nuclear Engineering 2022 – 2023  \n• Performed aerosol source term measurements from SNF mechanical fracture tests  \n• Developed a model to investigate the diffusion of aerosols through Stress Corrosion Crack-like geometries  \nOak Ridge Associated Universities, ORNL  \nASTRO Scholar, Used Fuel Systems Group 2020 – 2022  \n• Designed and conducted static DI water leaching experiments to study corrosion and dissolution of SNF during potential accidents  \n• Co-designed and conducted a hot cell experiment to study steam/water transmission in failed SNF samples  \nEducation    \nThe Open University  \nImperial Cambridge Open – Center for Doctoral Training Program United Kingdom Feb 2017 – Jan 2022  \nDegree: Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. D.) in Nuclear Engineering Thesis title: Investigating the Solubility of Spent Nuclear Fuel  \n• Studied corrosion mechanisms of SNF using ICP-MS, Synchrotron X-ray scattering & adsorption isotherm experiments on real and model samples  \nImperial College London  \nUnited Kingdom Sep 2015 – Sep 2016  \n[Degree: MSc. in](Degree: MSc. in) Nuclear Engineering (Grade: Merit)  \n• Selected to conduct an international summer project at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization  \n• Thesis titled, \"Ex-situ micro compression testing of Heliumion irradiated Hastelloy-N\", looked at the effects of irradiation embrittlement in a Gen-IV reactor material  \nJawaharlal Nehru Technological University  \nHyderabad, India 2011 – 2015  \nDegree: BTech. in Mechanical Engineering (Grade: First class with distinction)  \nThesis title: First principles based thermal analysis of a stationary plasma thruster using finite difference methods  \nPage 1 of 2  \nPublications  Languages  \nJournal Articles  \n• Sasikumar Y, et al., Experimental and Computational Characterization of a Modified Sioutas Cascade Impactor for Respirable Radioactive Aerosols. Atmosphere. 16(2):156 . (2025) [https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos16020156](https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos16020156)  \n• Sasikumar, Y., et al., An experimental apparatus to study the adsorption of water on proxies for spent nuclear fuel surfaces. Measurement Science and Technology, 35(11), p. 116008. (2024) DOI: 10.1088/1361-6501/ad67fa  \n• Wasik, J., et al. Polyepitaxial grain matching to study the oxidation of uranium dioxide. npj Mater Degrad 8, 68 (2024) . DOI: 10.1038/s41529-024-00479-1  \n• Montgomery R, et al., Key results from examinations of seven high burnup pressurized water reactor spent nuclear fuel rods. Front. Nucl. Eng. 3:1321627 . (2024) DOI: 10 . 3389/fnuen.2024. 1321627  \n• Sasikumar Y, et al., Assessing the release, transport, and retention of radioactive aerosols from hypothetical breaches in spent fuel storage canisters. Front. 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