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The articles below originally appeared as spotlight articles within this community, and are ordered chronologically by date as a reference.

Materials for Nuclear Power Workshop
By Todd Osman, TMS Technical Director
Posted Date: 7/2/2008

There is a looming workforce crisis in the energy industries. For the nuclear power industry, there is a three-decade gap in workforce development (click here for data1), creating a critical need for the industry to recruit and train the next generation of engineers and operators that will enable the nuclear renaissance. [READ MORE]

Scientific Director Sets Direction for National User Facility
By John J. Walsh, Idaho National Laboratory
Posted Date: 6/3/2008

In April 2007, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) put the Idaho National Laboratory's (INL) Advanced Test Reactor (ATR) on a new research plane when it designated the versatile reactor a National Scientific User Facility (NSUF). [READ MORE]

Symposium Explores the Use of Accelerators to Better Understand Radiation Effects in Materials
By Gary Was, University of Michigan
Posted Date: 4/22/2008

Particle beam-induced radiation effects in materials are of increasing importance in several fields. Charged particle beams serve as surrogates for neutron irradiation to complement reactor irradiation damage studies. They are also of increasing importance in material modification in accelerator-driven systems and for fabrication of micro- and nanostructures. The Particle Beam-Induced Radiation Effects in Materials symposium at the TMS 2008 Annual Meeting covered both low- and high-energy irradiations with charged particles ranging from electrons to heavy ions over the energy range eV to GeV. Both experimental and theoretical studies were presented on a wide range of materials including metals, ceramics, insulators, superconductors, and semiconductors. [READ MORE]

Infusion of Nanotechnology into Nuclear Technology
By I. Charit, University of Idaho, and K.L. Murty, North Carolina State University
Posted Date: 3/4/2008

Nuclear science and technology has made steady progress leading to the current 'nuclear renaissance' and perhaps leading to a fusion reactor becoming a reality in generating electricity. The United States had seen a long stagnancy period in this important field, quite evident from the fact that no new commercial nuclear reactor had been ordered for a long time. But the tide has started to turn, and the comeback talk ('nuclear renaissance') is buzzing around. [READ MORE]


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Technical and Management Challenges Associated with Structural Materials Degradation in Nuclear Reactors in the Future
F. Peter Ford’s Plenary Talk from the 13th Enviornmental Degradation of Materials in Nuclear Power Systems,

Expert Panel Report on Proactive Materials Degradation Assessment
A U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission report on the status of understanding materials degradation in nuclear power systems.

Materials Degradation and Aging - An EPRI Nuclear Power Action Plan
A review of degradation modes in nuclear power systems and keys to improving performance, reliability, and profitability.

Reawakening of United States Nuclear Energy: Materials Challenges for a New Generation of Power Plants
View presentations made to members of Congress and staffers at a materials information luncheon held in Washington, D.C on May 3, 2007.

Radiation Materials Science: An Introduction to Materials Processes under Irradiation
Radiation Materials Science (RMS) is the materials science of radiation effects. This webcast focuses on metals and alloys commonly used as structural materials in nuclear power systems.

Basic Research Needs for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems
Report from the Basic Energy Sciences Workshop on Basic Research Needs for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems. 

Technology and Applied R&D Needs for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems
A resource document that includes an overview of nuclear energy, details on the nuclear fuel cycle and materials technological needs. 

Nuclear Physics and Related Computational Science R&D for Advanced Fuel Cycles Workshop
Presentations from the Nuclear Physics and Related Computational Science R&D for Advanced Fuel Cycles Workshop

Higher Temperature Reactor Materials Workshop
Technical report of an in-depth workshop focused on the reactor concepts proposed as part of the Generation IV Nuclear Energy System Roadmap.

Nuclear Materials Database
Mechanical properties data for more than 7500 specimens of materials used in nuclear power reactors are stored in the common database.  

12th International Symposium on Environmental Degradation of Materials in Nuclear Systems - Water Reactors
Free to TMS Members, 131 papers are  included covering degradation phenomena particular to the various reactor systems, BWRs, PWR primary and PWR secondary, as well as narrow topic areas, such as zircalloy and low alloy steels, and cross-cutting topics, such as nickel-base welds, irradiation effects, and irradiation assisted stress corrosion cracking.

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