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. This work is being led by Dr. Phylis Makurunje alongside Prof. Simon Middleburgh. The article states: Bangor University in Wales will develop a nuclear thermal fuel […]
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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.
The NFI\’s Dr Phylis Makurunje has made an appearance in the 100th volume of the American Ceramic Society Bulletin. Phylis\’ article describes how the South African space program (SANSA) inspired her as a young woman to become a materials engineer working on aerospace composite materials. Phylis says that \”South Africa is one ambitious country, ambitious
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British Science Week is a ten-day celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths that will take place between 5-14 March 2021. As part of British Science Week, the Welsh Government Office for Science has created a series of videos from prominent Sêr Cymru programme researchers throughout Wales. The prestigious Sêr Cymru programme is the multi-million-pound
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