The open-access journal Nuclear Materials and Energy is devoted to the growing field of research for material application in the production of nuclear energy.
Nuclear Materials and Energy is supported scientifically by the Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, Garching.
The emphasis of the journal is on materials employed in reactors where they are exposed to extreme environments in terms of radiation, temperature and corrosive conditions. The main topics are:
- Fusion reactor materials, including plasma-facing components, such as divertors, limiters blankets, and the first wall.
- Material erosion and transport in the boundary of fusion plasmas and its effect on the incident plasma conditions.
- Interaction of plasmas, ion beams, electron beams and intense heat fluxes with materials with emphasis on lifetime, tritium retention and permeation, and structural stability.
- Fission reactor materials, including fuels, cladding, moderator, control rods, core structures, pressure vessels, but excluding fuel cycle from mining to nuclear waste.
- Fusion and fission reactor materials enduring radiation doses at very high temperature far beyond the capability of materials now available for components.
- Materials behaviour in the interaction with reactor coolants during normal operation and in accidental conditions.
- Materials behaviour addressing the release of fuel, activated dust and reaction products during accidental conditions, and the physical and chemical interactions of reactor core and containment materials.
- Neutron and charged particle radiation effects in materials, including defects, gas retention and permeation, transmutations, microstructural changes, phase changes and macroscopic properties.
Editorial board
Editors-in-Chief
- Russ Doerner
University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States - Wolfgang Jacob
Max-Planck-Institute of Plasma Physics, Garching, Germany - Pär Olsson
Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Special Content Editor
- Joachim Roth
Max-Planck-Institute of Plasma Physics, Garching, Germany
Editorial Board Members
- V. Alimov
Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry RAS, Moskva, Russian Federation - V. Barabash
ITER, Moscow, Russian Federation - M. Barrachin
Institute of Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety, Fontenay aux Roses, France - S. Brezinsek
Research Centre Jülich, Julich, Germany - J. Busby
Oak Ridge National Laboratory Materials Science and Technology Division, Enka, North Carolina, United States - N. Clavier
Institute of Separative Chemistry Marcoule Laboratory of Sonochemistry in Complex Fluids, Bagnols sur Ceze, France - M. Ferraris
Polytechnic of Turin, Torino, Italy - H. Greuner
Max-Planck-Institute of Plasma Physics, Garching, Germany - Y. Hatano
University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan - Q. Huang
Institute of Nuclear Energy Safety Technology Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, China - N.C. Hyatt
The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom - A. Ibarra
Research Centre for Energy Environment and Technology, Madrid, Spain - C. Journeau
French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission Nuclear Energy Department, Saclay, France - Y-S. Kim
Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois, United States - A. Kimura
Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan - R. Kolasinsky
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States - R. J. M. Konings PhD
European Commission Joint Research Centre Karlsruhe, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany - B. Lee
Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom - A. Leenaers
Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, Mol, Belgium - J. Linke
Research Centre Jülich, Julich, Germany - C. Linsmeier
Research Centre Jülich, Julich, Germany - T. Loarer
French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission Cadarache Centre, St Paul les Durance, France - G-H. Lu
Beihang University, Beijing, China - G-N. Luo
Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Plasma Physics, Hefei, China - L. Malerba
Research Centre for Energy Environment and Technology, Madrid, Spain - I. Mazul
D V Efremov Institute of Electrophysical Apparatus JSC, Sankt Peterburg, Russian Federation - A. Möslang
Helmholtz Nuclear Research Centre Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany - T. Muroga
National Institute for Fusion Science, Toki, Japan - J. Noirot
French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission, Paris, France - F. Onimus
French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission Nuclear Energy Department, Saclay, France - M. Pouchon
Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland - M. Rieth
Helmholtz Nuclear Research Centre Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany - C. Rosales
Centre of Studies and Technical Research, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain - A. Sabau
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States - M. Shimada
Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, Idaho, United States - A. Spitsyn
National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, Moskva, Russian Federation - D. Staicu
- R.E. Stoller
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States - P. Tabares
Research Centre for Energy Environment and Technology, Madrid, Spain - Y. Ueda
Osaka University School of Engineering Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka, Japan - M. Vijayalakshmi
Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, India - T. Wiss
European Commission Joint Research Centre Karlsruhe, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany - J-H. You
Max-Planck-Institute of Plasma Physics, Garching, Germany