Posts relating to the Nuclear and Materials for Extreme Environments Group
CEA Cadarache, the largest energy research centre in Europe, and the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project, have been central to many leading nuclear engineering research efforts for several decades.…
Simon Middleburgh was mentioned during a Parliamentary debate on medical Isotope production, this is related to the ARTHUR project which could see a medical isotope production facility located in North…
On the 7th March 2023, the World Nuclear News published an article on recent funding received by the Nuclear Futures Institute to develop nuclear thermal propulsion systems for space exploration.…
Simon Middleburgh recently went on BBC Radio 5 Live on the Breakfast show to talk about the cleaner Nuclear energy alternative. This was related to the American breakthrough with Confinement…
On 13th December 2022 Simon Middleburgh appeared on the BBC News and also Radio Cymru explaining the recent breakthrough in confinement fusion in America. The TV appearance can be viewed…
Prof. Bill Lee has recently gave an interview to Imperial College about his career so far. The article is wide ranging, ranging from teaching all the way to nuclear's role…
Dr Michael Rushton has had his latest article published in Nature Index. The article is titled “Exploring small nuclear to plug the energy gaps” and can be found in the 2022 Nature Energy Index. The journal focusses on how the global energy crisis lends urgency to many nations’ plans to decarbonise, shifting from fossil fuels to greener options.
The Bangor University Lead Loop for Erosion/corrosion Testing (BULLET) has been delivered to Bangor University, M-SParc, by SRS in Italy this week. BULLET will test materials in flowing, high temperature lead (Pb).
Novel magnetoacoustic phenomena have been discovered in recent years, such as acoustic spin pumping and magnetization switching induced by sound waves, with potential technological applications in spintronics and magnetic recording.
The Nuclear Futures Institute is pleased to highlight the publication of a recent research paper written by Dr Phylis Makurunje and Dr Simon Middleburgh. The paper is titled “Self-contained dual-scale composite architectures in spray dried zirconium diboride” and was published in the Ceramics International journal.