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Tribulations and lots of trails: Nuclear Fuel Technology Development

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If you have a question about this talk, please contact Jo Boyle .

The talk will first describe a sophisticated nuclear fuel irradiation experiment in which the behaviours of several novel fuel ceramics are studied as they ‘burn-up’ in simluated power reactor conditions. There will be a description of the business basis for the work, and also how the project managed to get off the ground. A number of project risks and ongoing commercial-isation challenges will be discusssed. Comment will be made on various serious and inherent difficulties faced by those seeking to develop innovative technologies in the nuclear fuel sector.

This talk is part of the Engineering Department Nuclear Energy Seminars series.

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