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Particle and nuclear

Particle and nuclear

Maintaining high standards: the importance of materials-science research to the nuclear industry

28 Apr 2017

The story behind a late-2016 shutdown of several reactors in France is a classic example of why materials-science research continues to be vital for the nuclear industry, as Karl Whittle, Mahmoud Mostafavi and Philip D Edmondson explain

Handle with care Fuel rods being loaded into a reactor core at the Chooz B1 nuclear power station. S

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Karl R Whittle is a nuclear engineer at the University of Liverpool, UK; Mahmoud Mostafavi is a mechanical engineer at the University of Bristol, UK; and Philip D Edmondson works in the materials science and technology division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US, e-mail karl.whittle@liverpool.ac.uk
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