3 microstructure "CNRS" PhD positions

PhD Studentship: Radiation Effects in Reduced Activation Ferritic-martensitic (RAFM) Steel Welds for Fusion First-wall/Blanket Applications

; University of Birmingham | Birmingham, England | United Kingdom | 24 days ago

) in Germany, French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)’s JANNUS irradiation facility and CEA-Saclay. Background: RAFM steels are promising candidates for most fusion reactor first-wall

PhD Studentship: Interfacial Interactions Between Fusion Structural Materials & Tungsten-based Shielding Ceramics in Extreme Environments for Spherical Tokamak Centre-column Shields

; University of Birmingham | Birmingham, England | United Kingdom | about 2 months ago

, Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany, CNRS-Orsay in France, and Oak Ridge National Lab/University of Tennessee in the US. Background: Spherical Tokamaks (ST) combined with high-temperature superconducting (HTS) magnet

PhD Studentship: Radiation Induced Degradation of Advanced Tungsten Borides for Spherical Tokamak Centre-column Shields

; University of Birmingham | Birmingham, England | United Kingdom | about 2 months ago

changing impact on shielding efficacity. However, essentially nothing is known in regarding the radiation-induced microstructural evolution and thermos-mechanical degradation of W2B5 and the entire WxBy