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15 - General Engineering

University of Bristol

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Article title

Deformation and Fracture of Irradiated Polygranular Pile Grade A Reactor Core Graphite

Type

D - Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.jnucmat.2011.07.003

Title of journal

Journal of Nuclear Materials

Article number

Volume number

418

Issue number

First page of article

223

ISSN of journal

0022-3115

Year of publication

2011

URL

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022311511006520

Number of additional authors

Additional information

Nuclear reactor core graphite degrades with age due to oxidation and radiation. In this work, funded by Magnox Ltd., microstructural properties of graphite were assessed for first time using focused ion-beam. Work led to successful EPSRC grant application "QUBE" (EP/J019801/1, £532k, 2012-5, in collaboration with Universities of Oxford and Manchester, SERCO, Magnox Ltd., EDF, Arup and AMEC) to investigate structural properties of graphite. Insight obtained in this paper led to approach proposed for decommissioning of reactor core graphite in EPSRC project "C14-BIG" (EP/I036354/1, £728k, 2011-5).

Interdisciplinary

Cross-referral requested

Research group

H - Photonics

Proposed double-weighted

Double-weighted statement

Reserve for a double-weighted output

Non-English

English abstract