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Reference Number EP/P001645/1
Title Advanced Nuclear Materials
Status Completed
Energy Categories Nuclear Fission and Fusion(Nuclear Fission, Nuclear supporting technologies) 50%;
Nuclear Fission and Fusion(Nuclear Fusion) 50%;
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 Dr SG Roberts
Materials
University of Oxford
Dr D Armstrong
Materials
University of Oxford
Award Type Standard
Funding Source EPSRC
Start Date 12 October 2016
End Date 11 April 2021
Duration 54 months
Total Grant Value £1,415,296
Industrial Sectors Materials processing
Region South East; South East
Programme NC : Physical Sciences
 
Investigators Principal Investigator Dr SG Roberts , Materials, University of Oxford
Dr D Armstrong , Materials, University of Oxford
  Other Investigator Dr S Fitzgerald , Applied Mathematics, University of Leeds
Dr AJ Wilkinson , Materials, University of Oxford
Professor P Grant , Materials, University of Oxford
Professor C Grovenor , Materials, University of Oxford
Dr PAJ Bagot , Materials, University of Oxford
Dr M P Moody , Materials, University of Oxford
Dr S Lozano-Perez , Materials, University of Oxford
Dr E Tarleton , Materials, University of Oxford
  Industrial Collaborator Project Contact , Shimane University, Japan
Project Contact , Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), USA
Project Contact , Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
Project Contact , University of Huddersfield
Project Contact , National Nuclear Laboratory
Project Contact , Forschungszentrum Jülich (Germany)
Project Contact , Rolls-Royce PLC
Project Contact , EURATOM/CCFE
Project Contact , EDF Energy
Project Contact , Foster Wheeler
Project Contact , The University of Manchester
Project Contact , Queen's University Canada
Project Contact , University of Michigan
Project Contact , Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Project Contact , Writtle University College
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Objectives
Abstract This proposal aims to maintain and expand the research impact of an internationally-leading team working on advanced structural materials for applications in nuclear fission and fusion reactors. The funding will enable us to support early-career postdoctoral researchers (ECRs) in a flexible manner tailored to their individual career trajectories, by providing job security, mentorship, opportunities for new skills acquisition and CPD training, and will facilitate their developing their own research ideas. Their training and scientific outputs will contribute to the resurgence of UK fission reactor programmes and the UK's internationally leading role in fusion science and technology. It will be a key factor in maintaining the integrity of the multi-skilled Oxford nuclear materials research team, and in developing the careers of its ECRs, and in reinforcing its position as an attractive environment for research, attracting and supporting new talent. The Platform Grant will also provide resources for the team to explore ambitious and novel research avenues, underpinning applications (from UK and international sources) for larger-scale funding to enhance the international position of the UK in nuclear research.
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