Materials for Nuclear Energy Applications

Nuclear energy continues to be an important energy source. It is responsible for 27% of the European Union’s (EU) electricity and it is expected that the demand for nuclear power will remain constant in the coming decades. To improve the safety and energy efficiency of nuclear energy, we perform computational materials research on innovative reactor technologies, new nuclear fuel materials, as well as on long-term environmental-safe storage of radioactive nuclear waste.

Nuclear energy continues to be an important energy source. It is responsible for 27% of the European Union’s (EU) electricity and it is expected that the demand for nuclear power will remain constant in the coming decades. To improve the safety and energy efficiency of nuclear energy, we perform computational materials research on innovative reactor technologies, new nuclear fuel materials, as well as on long-term environmental-safe storage of radioactive nuclear waste. To achieve a safe and efficient usage of nuclear energy, scientific research on various topics is required, such as for example, the thermonuclear properties of current and next-generation nuclear fuel materials, the stability and durability of both fuel and reactor vessel materials under extreme conditions, and last but not least, the corrosion and dissolution of spent nuclear fuel. Through our computational materials’ modeling we provide an important knowledge based expertise, which is essential to obtain a scientifically founded understanding of nuclear energy materials and to be able to predict their long-term behavior.

Materials Research for Nuclear Fuel Materials

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