Advanced Nuclear Materials

Completed

Nuclear Fission and Fusion(Nuclear Fusion)
Nuclear Fission and Fusion(Nuclear Fission, Nuclear supporting technologies)

Basic and strategic applied research

PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Metallurgy and Materials)

Not Cross-cutting

Dr SG Roberts
Materials
University of Oxford

Dr D Armstrong
Materials
University of Oxford

Standard

EPSRC

12 October 2016

11 April 2021

54 months

£1,415,296

Materials processing

South East; South East

NC : Physical Sciences

Dr SG Roberts, Materials, University of Oxford
Dr D Armstrong, Materials, University of Oxford

Dr PAJ Bagot, Materials, University of Oxford
Dr S Fitzgerald, Applied Mathematics, University of Leeds
Professor P Grant, Materials, University of Oxford
Professor C Grovenor, Materials, University of Oxford
Dr S Lozano-Perez, Materials, University of Oxford
Dr M P Moody, Materials, University of Oxford
Dr E Tarleton, Materials, University of Oxford
Dr AJ Wilkinson, Materials, University of Oxford

Project Contact, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
Project Contact, Rolls-Royce PLC
Project Contact, University of Huddersfield
Project Contact, National Nuclear Laboratory
Project Contact, Forschungszentrum Jülich (Germany)
Project Contact, University of Michigan, USA
Project Contact, EURATOM/CCFE
Project Contact, EDF Energy
Project Contact, The University of Manchester
Project Contact, Queen's University Canada
Project Contact, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Project Contact, Writtle University College
Project Contact, Amec Foster Wheeler UK
Project Contact, Shimane University, Japan
Project Contact, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), USA

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.

22/08/16