MLZ Conference 2025: Neutrons for Fusion and Nuclear Applications

Session

Session 4

29 Jul 2025, 09:00

Schloss Fürstenried (Munich)

Conveners

Session 4

• Ralph Gilles

34. Nuclear fission and fusion power plants: Validating models

Michael Smith (The University of Manchester)

29/07/2025, 09:00

Invited Talk

Nuclear fission and fusion power plants share many features: complex, often welded structural elements; aggressive environments and service loading; and high safety and economic consequences of structural degradation and failure. Computational modelling of structural performance plays an important role in the safe operation of fission reactors, and fusion plant will be no different.

Much...

4. Residual stress determination in structural materials for fusion and fission reactors using neutron diffraction

Michael Hofmann

29/07/2025, 09:40

Talk

In structural integrity assessments of components residual stresses play a crucial role as they interact with load stresses during operation and thus directly affect the lifetime of the component. Therefore, reliable and accurate characterization of these stresses is of high relevance in the design of structural components for future fission or fusion reactors. In this respect, neutron...

7. Unique capabilities of neutron imaging in analyzing structural components in fusion reactors

Tobias Neuwirth

29/07/2025, 10:00

Talk

Building a fusion reactor places the structural components, particularly the plasma-facing wall, under enormous mechanical and thermal stress while being bombarded by high-energy radiation. Developing and characterizing materials able to withstand these stresses is a crucial step in building and operating a nuclear fusion reactor.
Neutron imaging is a uniquely capable technique for analyzing...