Published by Elsevier, Ceramics for Nuclear Applications marks a major milestone as Volume 25 in the prestigious Elsevier Series in Advanced Ceramics, led by Series Editor-in-Chief Prof. Bill Lee. This benchmark volume showcases crucial expertise from members of the Nuclear Futures Institute (NFI), who co-authored two key chapters exploring the critical role of ceramic materials […]
It’s official! A massive congratulations to Dr. Sarah Vallely, PhD, who graduated from the Nuclear Futures Institute, School of Computer Science and Engineering. Years of hard work, endless research, and dedication have officially paid off. We are proud to have been part of your academic journey, Dr. Sarah Vallely. We wish you the absolute best
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Congratulations to the following renewed appointments. Dr Matthew Gilbert, Senior Process Development Specialist at AWE – Honorary Professor Dr Dave Goddard, Principle Scientist and Fellow in Nuclear Fuel Manufacturing at NNL – Visiting Professor Dr Julian MacDonald, Head of Radioisotope Physics and Clinical Engineering at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, North Wales – Honorary Research
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Last week, we successfully delivered the trial run of our 1-week hands-on THOR Facility Training Course! It was an intensive and rewarding week, giving participants the opportunity to gain practical experience with the THOR facility while developing their knowledge of Nuclear Thermal Hydraulics. A huge thank you to Barry Miller, Benjamin Collins, Celt Griffith, Cintia
The Medical Radionuclide Taskforce have announced on their Linked In Page the appointment of Professor Bill Lee as Chair of the MRNT. In their post they state: “Introducing Professor William Lee (Bill) , the newly appointed Chairman of our Medical Radionuclide Taskforce (MRNT). Professor Lee joins us from Bangor University’s Nuclear Futures Institute, bringing decades of
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PhD Students Danielle Praag, Josh Hobbins, Josh Hughes and Pranav Sabuji from the NFI were given the opportunity to visit the Jozef Stefan Institute in Ljubljana, Slovenia as part of The Nuclear Energy Futures Centre for Doctoral Training. The visit took place across two days. Whilst there they conducted three experiments on the TRIGA test
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Sandviken is a place I had never heard of, but upon being told that I was to attend a conference for INNUMAT, I packed up my bags and headed to the airport at a moment’s notice. After flying to Stockholm and driving a few hours to my hotel in Sandviken, I attended the conference the
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Work has officially begun on the second building at the University’s Science Park, M-SParc, marking a major milestone for North Wales’ growing innovation economy. Project partners gathered last week to formally mark the start of construction on the new Egni development, which will expand the park’s capacity to support businesses, researchers and innovators working
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PhD students Danielle Praag, Josh Hobbins, Josh Hughes and Pranav Sabuji attended the NEF CDT Summer School event held at University of Cambridge. Across the two days, there was several presentations from researchers in their final year along with a poster session held by second year researchers. We also were given a talk by the keynote speaker on
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Behind the secure gates of the AWE, our latest cohort; Ben Kendall, Cameron McFarlane, Jacob Taylor and Will Gallon; joined a vibrant exchange of ideas spanning the cutting edge of materials science. From ground-breaking semiconductor simulations to our own team’s specialised research in nuclear forensics, the conference was a masterclass in technical diversity. While the