Projects
Projects: Projects for Investigator |
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| Reference Number | EP/C510828/1 | |
| Title | Development of Reduced Activation Ferritic Steels for Fusion Applications | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Nuclear Fission and Fusion(Nuclear Fusion) 100%; | |
| Research Types | Basic and strategic applied research 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Metallurgy and Materials) 100% | |
| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 100% | |
| Principal Investigator |
Professor R Faulkner No email address given Inst of Polymer Tech and Materials Eng Loughborough University |
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| Award Type | Standard | |
| Funding Source | EPSRC | |
| Start Date | 01 April 2005 | |
| End Date | 30 September 2008 | |
| Duration | 42 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £277,217 | |
| Industrial Sectors | Energy | |
| Region | East Midlands | |
| Programme | Materials, Mechanical and Medical Eng | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Professor R Faulkner , Inst of Polymer Tech and Materials Eng, Loughborough University (100.000%) |
| Industrial Collaborator | Project Contact , EURATOM/CCFE (0.000%) Project Contact , Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany (0.000%) |
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| Objectives | ||
| Abstract | The research plans to investigate advanced, clean, easily disposable materials based on the ferritc iron structure for use in first wall fusion applications. The main problem with such materials is that they become brittle after irradiation at low temperatures. The main aim of the work is to establish the mechanism by which the ductile to brittle transition occurs in these alloys as a function of microstructual effects such as grain boundary character, grain size, composition, and precipitatedistribution. On the basis of this improved understanding, proposals will be possible to modify the heat treatment and composition of the materials so that they have better resistance to embrittlement. The effects of neutron irradiation at energies and temperatures typical of those in the first wall of the fusion reactor will be further taken into account in this study. The net result should be the introduction of an improved, safely disposable, ferritc steel for fusion applications | |
| Publications | (none) |
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| Final Report | (none) |
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| Added to Database | 01/01/07 | |
