MLZ Conference 2025: Neutrons for Fusion and Nuclear Applications

Session

Session 5

29 Jul 2025, 10:50

Schloss Fürstenried (Munich)

Conveners

Session 5

• Michael Smith (The University of Manchester)

35. Advanced characterization of tungsten-steel multi materials for plasma facing components produced with additive manufacturing techniques.

Malgorzata Makowska

29/07/2025, 11:10

Talk

AM has a high potential to become one of the leading manufacturing methods in the nuclear industry, especially for complex components for fission and fusion reactors that are difficult to machine with conventional techniques and are not considered for mass production, but only in a limited number. Among proposed Plasma Facing Components (PFCs) materials in fusion reactors, tungsten (W) is the...

9. Effect of laser beam shaping on the crystallographic texture and residual stress distribution of 316L stainless steel manufactured using Laser Powder Bed Fusion

Dr Weimin Gan (Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon)

29/07/2025, 11:30

Poster

Laser Powder Bed Fusion (PBF-LB) has attracted significant attention in aerospace, automotive, and biomedical applications due to its highly flexible and near-net-shape fabrication capabilities for complex structures. While PBF-LB overcomes the limitations of conventional manufacturing methods by enabling lightweight and functionally integrated designs, traditional Gaussian laser-based L-PBF...

23. Neutron irradiation micro-structural effects in standard and B-alloyed EUROFER97 steel

Roberto Coppola (ENEA-Casaccia)

29/07/2025, 10:50

Talk

The low activation ferritic/martensitic steel EUROFER97 (9 Cr, 0.12 C, 1.08 W, 0.12 Ta, 0.48 Mn, 0.2 Ta Fe bal wt%) is currently considered as the reference structural material for the fabrication of the first-wall, directly facing the burning plasma, in future fusion reactors. Small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) has been utilized to characterize the micro-structural effects of neutron...