NOMATEN at NuMat 2022 Nuclear Materials Conference in Belgium

NOMATEN staff participated in the NUMAT conference held in Ghent, Belgium from 24^th till 28^th October. The Nuclear Materials Conference (NuMat) was created in 2012 in association with the Journal of Nuclear Materials to serve as an umbrella for international meetings on nuclear materials science related to fission and fusion reactors and the overall nuclear fuel cycle.

Programme available here: https://www.elsevier.com/events/conferences/the-nuclear-materials-confer...

We presented there our works related to high temperature properties and radiation damage resistance of Ni-based single crystalline alloys, martensitic-ferritic steels and High Entropy Alloys (with fcc and bcc structures).

NOMATEN team presented the following topics due to the submitted papers during the conference sessions: Impact of precipitates on radiation damage resistance of oxide dispersion strengthened (ODS) concentrated solid-solution alloys (CSAs); In-situ high temperature structure evolution studies of refractory high entropy alloy (AlCoCrFeNiTi) layers; Microstructure and properties of CoCrFeMoNi high-entropy alloys additive-manufactured using laser melting.

Moreover, more research outcomes have been presented at the poster sessions: Novel low-activation W-Ta-Cr-V refractory high entropy alloy for nuclear applications; On the effects of alternative oxides particles on microstructure and mechanical behavior of ferritic ODS steels; Raman spectroscopy as a characterisation tool for various types of graphite modified by the ion beam for the nuclear applications; The Fe addition as an effective treatment of improving the radiation resistance properties in fcc NiFex single-crystal alloys.