Self-Healing Ceramics for Nuclear Safety

Roland Piquepaille writes "Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) researchers have used supercomputers to simulate how common ceramics could repair themselves after radiation-induced damages. This is an important discovery because 'materials that can resist radiation damage are needed to expand the use of nuclear energy.' These ceramics, which are able to handle high radiation doses, could improve the durability of nuclear power plants. They also might help to solve the problem of nuclear waste storage. But read more for additional references about how this research could improve nuclear safety."

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Now if I could get some of that

[Chabil Ha']

To replace the pottery my kids accidentally smash...

Re:Now if I could get some of that

[__aaclcg7560]

Radioactive kids and ordinary ceramics just don't go together.

Re:Gas Cooled Fast reactor

[polar red]

All fine, but if you look at the actual cost of those too-complicated-to-be-ever-economical-systems, i have to wonder if they ever get marketed ... it will just be cheaper to go the wind/solar/electrolysis way, and certainly if they stop subsidizing nuclear so much.