I am so delighted to announce that our paper “Energetic particle irradiation study of TiN coatings: are these films appropriate for accident tolerant fuels?” has just been accepted for publication at the Journal of Nuclear Materials!
In this study, we have used heavy ion irradiation in situ within a Transmission Electron Microscopy to investigate whether Titanium Nitride (TiN) coatings are appropriate candidates (in terms of radiation tolerance) for next technology of accident tolerant fuels. I am not going to talk about the results and conclusions of the paper right now, because it has been sent to production this morning. As soon as the paper is published, I will release a link in this blog for broad access (thanks for Prof. @cgschoen for this wonderful space!).
Our most recent work is a consequence of an international collaboration between the University of São Paulo (USP), University of Huddersfield (UoH), Santa Catarina State University (UDESC) and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to whom I would like to express my deep gratitude. This collaboration is just starting and the whole experience has been so amazing!
Materials at Extremes 