Editorial, J Nucl Ene Sci Power Generat Technol Vol: 1 Issue: 1
Nuclear Materials Science: Enabling Technology for Sustained Operation of Nuclear Power Generation & Development of Next Generation Power Plants
| K. Linga Murty* | |
| Director of Graduate Programs Department of Nuclear Engineering and Professor of Materials Science & Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7909, USA | |
| Corresponding author : K. Linga Murty Department of Nuclear Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7909, USA Tel: 919-515-3657; Fax: 919-515-5115 E-mail: murty@ncsu.edu |
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| Received: October 31, 2012 Accepted: November 03, 2012 Published: November 06, 2012 | |
| Citation: Murty KL (2012) Nuclear Materials Science: Enabling Technology for Sustained Operation of Nuclear Power Generation & Development of Next Generation Power Plants. J Nucl Ene Sci Power Generat Technol 1:1. doi:10.4172/2325-9809.1000e104 |
Abstract
Nuclear Materials Science: Enabling Technology for Sustained Operation of Nuclear Power Generation & Development of Next Generation Power Plants
Science of nuclear materials is the most significant enabling technology for continued and sustained safe operation of current nuclear reactors where the main limiting factors are the ageing and degradation of materials. In addition, the advanced and next generation nuclear reactor technologies are highly dependent on the advances in materials research leading to the development of new materials that are relatively more radiation resistant and can tolerate more severe operating conditions such as higher temperatures along with more corrosive atmospheres in addition to high neutron doses.
