Emerging Nuclear Materials
A special issue of Crystals (ISSN 2073-4352). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials for Energy Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2023) | Viewed by 5290
Special Issue Editors
Interests: nuclear materials; irradiation effect; corrosion/erosion; materials processing; mechanical properties; microstructure
Interests: oxide diserpsion strengthed steels; max phases, small-specimen test technology; micro-mechanics; electron microscopic analysis; ion-iradiation effects; finite element method simulation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
More extreme conditions in future nuclear energy systems, such as Gen IV fission reactors, fusion reactors, and charged particle accelerators, require materials to operate under higher temperatures, higher dpa, and more corrosive environments than those in current Gen II or Gen III systems. Longer lives than the current fleet of commercial power are also expected, which may stretch to 80–100 years. The more aggressive environments combined with longer lifetimes of Gen IV systems present a challenge to material performance, requiring significant improvements in the thermal, chemical, and radiation stability of nuclear materials. As a response to these requirements, advanced nuclear materials are emerging, and some of them have been deemed to be promising options for structural materials and fuels in advanced reactors and LWRs operating with extended lifetimes.
This Special Issue, entitled “Emerging Nuclear Materials”, aims to collect original research articles and reviews focusing on novel developments and new processing methodologies in the fabrication of nuclear materials, as well as its performance characterization in nuclear applications. Experimental, theoretical, and computational aspects of either the fundamental or applied nature of the emerging nuclear materials are welcome.
Dr. Bo Huang
Dr. Peng Song
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- nuclear materials
- advanced materials
- materials processing
- irradiation effects
- microstructure
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