Neutron irradiation damage modelling of interface strengthened ferritic superalloys for high temperature fusion applications

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Title
Neutron irradiation damage modelling of interface strengthened ferritic superalloys for high temperature fusion applications

CoPED ID
a5b16721-9a56-4205-b938-a1a8135625b2

Status
Active

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Value
No funds listed.

Start Date
Sept. 30, 2020

End Date
Sept. 29, 2024

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This project supported by UKAEA at the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy will explore irradiation damage in a new class of steels strengthened by additions of Ni and Al to create precipitates where the interfacial properties with the Fe-matrix can be tuned. The precipitates allow these superalloy steels to operate at much higher temperatures than current steels, with behaviours similar to Ni-based superalloys used in the gas turbines. This will be crucial for fusion reactors, such as DEMO where current steels will neither be able to survive the high temperatures or the intense neutron damage. We hypothesise that at the atomic scale the precipitate-matrix interfaces can also be useful for imparting radiation tolerance by acting as sinks for defects such as the vacancies created by the irradiation damage. The project will use, test and develop existing atomic potentials for the Fe-NiAl systems and irradiation will be simulated using molecular dynamics cascades. This work will be alongside experimental projects being run at the University of Birmingham and the student is also expected to have strong interactions with their industrial supervisors at Culham Centre for Fusion Energy.

Imperial College London LEAD_ORG
EURATOM/CCFE STUDENT_PP_ORG

Robin Grimes SUPER_PER
Cameron Macdonald STUDENT_PER

Subjects by relevance
  1. Steel
  2. Temperature
  3. Simulation
  4. Fusion energy
  5. Radiation
  6. Gas turbines
  7. Energy
  8. Nuclear energy

Extracted key phrases
  1. Neutron irradiation damage modelling
  2. Intense neutron damage
  3. High temperature fusion application
  4. Superalloy steel
  5. Current steel
  6. Ferritic superalloy
  7. Matrix interface
  8. Experimental project
  9. Culham Centre
  10. Fusion reactor
  11. Fusion Energy
  12. Atomic scale
  13. Precipitate
  14. Atomic potential
  15. New class

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