Structural materials for Gen-IV nuclear reactors: Challenges and opportunities

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Selection of fuel cladding material for nuclear fission reactors (2011, background): “Common design of nuclear fission reactors (GI and GII), showing the variety of operating conditions and materials used for fuel, moderator, coolant and fuel cladding [1,34,68].”
Materials compatibility for the next generation of Concentrated Solar Power plants (2018, background): “As the next generation of CSP plants are required to operate at temperatures higher than those currently in use, the structural materials used will face greater environmental challenges and therefore require enhanced properties including [29, 30]:”
Breakthrough applications of high-entropy materials (2018, background): “However, no suitable materials have good high-temperature properties and well radiation-damage resistance yet.(20) To ensure the safe operation of nuclear reactors and maintain a sustainable energy supply, new and advanced nuclear materials are highly demanded.”
Short communication: ‘Low activation, refractory, high entropy alloys for nuclear applications’ (2019, background): “Although these are promising candidate materials, there remains significant concerns regarding the creep-rupture strength and irradiation embrittlement at 550 C [4].”