Radiation Damage and Microstructural Evolution in Materials for Nuclear Energy
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Physics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 July 2026 | Viewed by 35
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to contribute your research on the effects of radiation on materials used in nuclear energy. Achieving climate goals is contingent upon the advancement of nuclear energy, in conjunction with current nuclear capacity. The IAEA has projected that world nuclear capacity will increase by 2.5 times by 2050, driven by the deployment of small modular reactors and advanced reactor technology. Material constraints imposed by the extreme environment of nuclear reactors are the key limiting factor in future nuclear qualification and deployment.
With this in mind, we invite you to share your research, advancements, and discoveries in this Special Issue entitled “Radiation Damage and Microstructural Evolution in Materials for Nuclear Energy”. We look forward to receiving contributions addressing areas such as radiation damage generation and accumulation, radiation-assisted diffusion, radiation-induced phase changes, radiation-induced changes in thermal and mechanical properties, and other relevant topics. Materials in advanced reactor designs are of primary interest, as are advanced materials in traditional light water reactors.
Dr. Benjamin Beeler
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- nuclear
- irradiation
- characterization
- simulation
- defects
- properties
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