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Nuclear reactor breakthrough: New material can replace costly nickel alloys
Scientists at Argonne National Laboratory have developed a new material that could replace expensive nickel alloys in nuclear reactors.
A big issue with nuclear reactors is their dependency on nickel-based alloys, which are expensive and are abundantly found in countries (like Russia, Indonesia, Philippines) that are not always on good terms with the US. Addressing these issues, a team of researchers from Department of ‘s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory (AGL) have developed a framework to find material that could replace these nickel-based alloys. The research team tested the new material by exposing it to high radiation conditions using the Argonne Tandem Linac Accelerator System (ATLAS), a large device used to study atomic nuclei.
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