| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2025 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Meeting Materials Challenges for the Future of Fusion Energy
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| Presentation Title |
Tungsten Boride Shielding Material for Fusion Reactors |
| Author(s) |
David John Jarvis, Rosanna van den Blik-Jarvis, Rosie Mellor, Max Rigby-Bell |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
David John Jarvis |
| Abstract Scope |
Nuclear fusion promises to unlock clean energy with near-zero CO2 emissions for future generations. Whilst numerous fusion reactors are presently being designed, developed and built, the successful implementation of this technology relies upon shielding which can protect the underlying hardware from high-energy irradiation. New industrial materials are urgently required that can withstand severe bombardment by neutrons and gamma radiation. VSCA, in collaboration with UKAEA, has developed and tested novel tungsten boride composites that can tolerate realistic radiation doses and ion bombardment. Kilogram blocks of this fully dense shielding material are now being produced at semi-industrial scale by VSCA. The nanostructured tungsten boride composite and its unique material properties will be presented in this paper for the first time. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
Nuclear Materials, Nanotechnology, Composites |