The nuclear power reactors of the future could depend on molten salts – but what about corrosion?
Engineers Ireland,
Most discussions of how to avert climate change focus on solar and wind generation as key to the transition to a future carbon-fr…
Most discussions of how to avert climate change focus on solar and wind generation as key to the transition to a future carbon-fr…
March 21, 2024 by Nancy W. Stauffer Postdoc Weiyue Zhou (left) and Associate Professor Michael Short attach a novel test…
Most discussions of how to avert climate change focus on solar and wind generation as key to the transition to a future carbon-fr…
Most discussions of how to avert climate change focus on solar and wind generation as key to the transition to a future carbon-fr…
MIT researchers show that using the right metals could alleviate the corrosion problem in these promising new reactor designs.
These optical and scanning electron microscope images show irradiated and unirradiated zones of a nickel-chromium alloy.
These optical and scanning electron microscope images show irradiated and unirradiated zones of a nickel-chromium alloy.
Radiation nearly always degrades the materials exposed to it, hastening their deterioration and requiring replacement of key…
by David L. Chandler, Radiation nearly always degrades the materials exposed to it, hastening their deterioration and requiring…
Radiation is famously damaging, both to living tissue and materials. But now, engineers at MIT have been surprised to discover…
Radiation nearly always degrades the materials exposed to it, hastening their deterioration and requiring replacement of key…