Materials selection for nuclear applications: Challenges and opportunities. (15th January 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hosemann, P.; Frazer, D.; Fratoni, M.; Bolind, A.; Ashby, M.F.
• Is Part Of: Scripta materialia. Number 143(2018)
• Page Start: 181
• Page End: 187
• Publication Date: 2018-01-15
• Subjects: Materials section -- Nuclear materials -- Properties of materials -- Nuclear design; Materials -- Periodicals; Metallurgy -- Periodicals; Metalen; Legeringen; Materiaalkunde; Metals, metalworking and machinery industries; Metals; Electronic journals; 620.11
• DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2017.04.027
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1359-6462

Abstract

Abstract: We discuss the challenge of selecting materials for nuclear applications and outline the need for comprehensive databases to assist scientists and engineers in choosing materials that meet interdependent physical, chemical, and nuclear criteria. In conventional engineering, chemical and physical properties and the electronic structure of materials are typically the primary considerations; nuclear applications must also consider the nuclear physics characteristics of a material. Development of databases that correlate physical, chemical, and nuclear properties would accelerate and facilitate innovations in nuclear design. Graphical abstract: Image 1