Accelerator Ion Beams as a Tool to Support Nuclear Energy R&D
讲座名称：
Accelerator Ion Beams as a Tool to Support Nuclear Energy R&D
讲座时间：
2016-07-18
讲座人：
Y.Q. Wang
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讲座内容：
Accelerator Ion Beams as a Tool to Support Nuclear Energy R&D
Prof. Y.Q. Wang
Director of Ion Beam Materials Laboratory
Material Science at Irradiation and Dynamics Extremes Group
Materials Science and Technology Division
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
Time: 9:00 am, July 18th, 2016
Place: 205 meeting room, MSE building
[Abstract]
Mankind is facing unprecedented challenges in growing energy demands for economic sustainability and growth as well as adverse climate changes as a result of heavy reliance on carbon emission fossil fuels for many years. Nuclear energy currently makes up slightly >50% of the world's clean energy, yet its contribution to the global energy mix is still only a few %. To advance nuclear energy as a viable resource capable of meeting the global energy and environmental needs requires to resolve technical, cost, safety, proliferation resistance, and security barriers. Among the technical challenges is to find advanced materials that can endure very harsh radiation, high temperature and corrosive environments that exist in next generation advanced reactors or future fusion devices. In this presentation, I will first choose a few recent research activities at Los Alamos’ Ion Beam Materials Laboratory (IBML) to demonstrate the importance and appropriateness of using accelerator ion beams to conduct materials research in supporting of nuclear energy R&D. These activities range from ion beam materials characterization to ion irradiation damage studies in various materials. I will then briefly summarize the state of the art ion beam research facilities and their capabilities in the world that are primarily dedicated to materials research. Finally, I will discuss the opportunities and challenges that ion beam materials research community is facing in understanding and searching for new radiation tolerant materials relevant to nuclear energy applications.
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