High-entropy alloys for advanced nuclear applications

EJ Pickering, AW Carruthers, PJ Barron… - Entropy, 2021 - mdpi.com
The expanded compositional freedom afforded by high-entropy alloys (HEAs) represents a
unique opportunity for the design of alloys for advanced nuclear applications, in particular …

[HTML][HTML] Structural materials for fission & fusion energy

SJ Zinkle, JT Busby - Materials today, 2009 - Elsevier
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 …

Materials challenges in nuclear energy

SJ Zinkle, GS Was - Acta Materialia, 2013 - Elsevier
Nuclear power currently provides about 13% of electrical power worldwide, and has
emerged as a reliable baseload source of electricity. A number of materials challenges must …

Microstructural stability and mechanical behavior of FeNiMnCr high entropy alloy under ion irradiation

NAPK Kumar, C Li, KJ Leonard, H Bei, SJ Zinkle - Acta Materialia, 2016 - Elsevier
In recent years, high entropy alloys (HEAs) have attracted significant attention due to their
excellent mechanical properties and good corrosion resistance, making them potential …

Recent developments in irradiation-resistant steels

GR Odette, MJ Alinger, BD Wirth - Annu. Rev. Mater. Res., 2008 - annualreviews.org
Advanced fission and future fusion energy will require new high-performance structural
alloys with outstanding properties that are sustained under long-term service in ultrasevere …

Defect-interface interactions

IJ Beyerlein, MJ Demkowicz, A Misra… - Progress in Materials …, 2015 - Elsevier
Nanostructured materials contain an extremely high density of interfaces. The properties of
these materials when exposed to extreme conditions of radiation dose, stress, deformation …

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

KL Murty, I Charit - Journal of nuclear materials, 2008 - Elsevier
Generation-IV reactor design concepts envisioned thus far cater toward a common goal of
providing safer, longer lasting, proliferation-resistant and economically viable nuclear power …

Current status and recent research achievements in SiC/SiC composites

Y Katoh, LL Snead, CH Henager Jr, T Nozawa… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2014 - Elsevier
The silicon carbide fiber-reinforced silicon carbide matrix (SiC/SiC) composite system for
fusion applications has seen a continual evolution from development a fundamental …

Molten salt reactors: A new beginning for an old idea

D LeBlanc - Nuclear Engineering and design, 2010 - Elsevier
Molten salt reactors have seen a marked resurgence of interest over the past decade,
highlighted by their inclusion as one of six Generation IV reactor types. The most active …

Effect of grain boundary character on sink efficiency

WZ Han, MJ Demkowicz, EG Fu, YQ Wang, A Misra - Acta materialia, 2012 - Elsevier
The dependence of the width of void-denuded zones (VDZs) on grain boundary (GB)
characters was investigated in Cu irradiated with He ions at elevated temperature …