ERC Starting Grant · 2025
Evaluating and fabricating sustainable materials for the energy sector is crucial in addressing the current energy crisis and climate change. Despite safety and sustainability concerns, especially as the early generations of nuclear power plants (NPP) near the end of their operational lifespans, NPPs produce almost one-fifth of the world’s electrical energy. However, controlling material degradation and reprocessing issues in NPPs remains surprisingly understudied due to the extreme operating conditions. Up to 95% of uranium from spent nuclear fuel can be recycled through reprocessing in concentrated nitric acid at temperatures exceeding 100°C, although the underlying mechanisms and the…
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