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Symposium S: Design of Materials for Sustainable Nuclear Energy

• 2012 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit

• April 9 - April 13, 2012
• Moscone West Convention Center | Marriott Marquis - San Francisco, California-
• Meeting Chairs: Lara A. Estroff, Jun Liu, Kornelius Nielsch, Kazumi Wada

Design of Materials for Sustainable Nuclear Energy

There is strong global interest in nuclear energy as part of a sustainable solution to the challenges posed by rising energy use and its deleterious environmental impact.  The combination of radiation, elevated temperature, stress, and harsh chemicals encountered in this application places stringent demands on material performance.  The focus of this symposium is the materials science needed to advance next-generation nuclear energy systems and to extend the life of existing systems.  This symposium will bring together researchers working on experiment, theory, and modeling of nuclear materials at different scales to develop a better understanding of the knowledge gaps and challenges in the area of designing materials for nuclear-energy applications.

Session topics will include (but will not be limited to):

• Fundamental studies of radiation effects in materials
• Mechanical behavior of irradiated materials
• Radiation response of nanomaterials
• Advanced materials for next-generation fission and fusion reactors
• Lifetime extension of reactor materials
• Glass and ceramic waste forms
• Simulation of radiation effects from first principles to mesoscale modeling
• Dislocation mechanics and crystal plasticity
• Thermodynamic and thermophysical properties of reactor materials
• Bridging length and time scales between models
• Integration of theory, modeling, and experiment
• Design of experiments for model validation

Joint sessions with the following symposia are being considered: Y: Actinides-Basic Science, Applications, and Technology, and XX: Computational Materials Design in Heterogeneous Systems.

Invited speakers include:

Ted Besmann (Oak Ridge National Lab), Maik Lang (Univ. of Michigan), Amit Misra (Los Alamos National Lab), Kazunori Morishita (Kyoto Univ., Japan), Toru Ogawa (Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Japan), Vincenzo Rondinella (Inst. for Transuranium Elements, Germany), Lance Snead (Oak Ridge National Lab), Suntharampillai Thevuthasan (Pacific Northwest National Lab), Julie Tucker (Knolls Atomic Power Lab), Laurent Van Brutzel (Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, France).

Symposium Organizers

Ram Devanathan
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
MS K2-01
P. O. Box 999
Richland, WA 99352
Tel 509-371-6487, Fax 509-371-6242
ram.devanathan@pnl.gov  

Veena Tikare
Sandia National Laboratories
MS 0747, P. O. Box 5800
Albuquerque, NM 87185
Tel 505-844-1306, Fax 505-844-0224
vtikare@sandia.gov 

Marius Stan
Argonne National Laboratory
MS-5, Bldg. 208, Argonne, IL 60439
Tel 630-252-4915, Fax 630-252-4978
mstan@anl.gov  

David Andersson
Los Alamos National Laboratory
MS G755, Los Alamos, NM 87545
Tel 505--665-8621, Fax 505-665-8021
andersson@lanl.gov