Symposium HH, "Advances in Materials for Nuclear Energy," was held Nov. 25-30 at the 2012 MRS Fall Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts. As the world faces steadily rising energy demand and cost, nuclear energy produced by fission and fusion reactors is increasingly recognized as an economically viable and carbon-neutral alternative to fossil energy sources. With new reactor concepts pursuing passive safety mechanisms and better performance, the behavior of structural materials and fuel is at the forefront of challenges in the development of promising reactor ideas. Accordingly, the research and...
Symposium HH, "Advances in Materials for Nuclear Energy," was held Nov. 25-30 at the 2012 MRS Fall Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts. As the world face...
Gianguido Baldinozzi Yanwen Zhang Katherine L. Smith
Rising global energy demand and the adverse environmental impact of energy use have led to renewed interest in nuclear power. Novel materials and approaches are needed to advance the utilization of nuclear energy in a manner consistent with the goals of proliferation resistance, energy security and waste reduction. This book brings together experimenters, theoreticians and modelers to discuss the innovations needed to develop the next generation of nuclear materials, and to understand the performance of existing materials under extreme operating conditions. Presentations explore the...
Rising global energy demand and the adverse environmental impact of energy use have led to renewed interest in nuclear power. Novel materials and appr...
