Date/Time
Date(s) - 26/07/2024 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Speaker: Dr. Andy London, UK Atomic Energy Authority Location: ABB 102
Abstract: The fusion power plants of the future need materials that can withstand extreme environments. With high-temperatures, varying stresses, tritium, corrosion and neutron bombardment, there are unique challenges to overcome for the materials in these plants. At UKAEA we are embarking on building a spherical tokamak to demonstrate fusion power, and we are working across materials, technology and modelling to make this a reality. In the Materials Division at UKAEA, we develop new materials, have them irradiated and test them in the Materials Research Facility and understand what is happening through the Fusion Materials Interfaces group through experiments and modelling. I will give an overview of UKAEA’s ambitions, the role of materials in this endeavour as well as explaining the work we do in the Materials Research Facility on radioactive samples, including so of my own work on correlative microscopy and characterisation of irradiation damage in fusion materials.
