Structural materials for fission & fusion energy
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Structural materials represent the key for containment of nuclear fuel and fission products as well as reliable and thermodynamically efficient production of electrical energy from nuclear reactors. Similarly, high-performance structural materials will be critical for the future success of proposed fusion energy reactors, which will subject the structures to unprecedented fluxes of high-energy neutrons along with intense thermomechanical stresses. Advanced materials can enable improved reactor performance via increased safety margins and design flexibility, in particular by providing increased strength, thermal creep resistance and superior corrosion and neutron radiation damage resistance. In many cases, a key strategy for designing high-performance radiation-resistant materials is based on the introduction of a high, uniform density of nanoscale particles that simultaneously provide good high temperature strength and neutron radiation damage resistance.
Subfields: Materials Chemistry
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- Selection of fuel cladding material for nuclear fission reactors (2011, background): “Several materials, such as ferritic–martensitic stainless steel (F/M steel), oxide dispersion strengthened (ODS) alloy, nickel-based super alloys (Inconel and Incoloy), refractory metals and ceramic materials (SiC and ZrC), have already been suggested as candidate fuel cladding materials for GIV rea”
- High strength and thermal stability of bulk Cu/Ta nanolamellar multilayers fabricated by cross accumulative roll bonding (2016, background): “For next generation of nuclear power reactors, new structural materials are required that can maintain their properties for extended periods of time under extreme conditions, for instance, high stress levels, high temperatures, intense irradiation levels and highly corrosive environments [1,2].”