The progress of any technology depends on the performance of the materials it employs.
Materials used in nuclear technology suffer from degradation due to radiation.
The goal of the research on nuclear materials is to understand the effects of radiation and use the knowledge gained to improve materials resistance for applications in energy pr Setting up a multi-sample corrosion test in conditions simulating a reactor core. The changes that occur in materials by radiation can also be exploited to develop materials with special properties that cannot be achieved by conventional methods of synthesis. This has opened up a new areas of research involving the use of radiation effects and radiation-based techniques for materials synthesis and characterization. This program is investigating the influence of irradiation on the stress corrosion cracking process in stainless steels used in nuclear Click on image to see NERS current research activities. High energy protons are used in place of neutrons to induce grain boundary segregation and micro structural changes, eliminating the problem of sample activation and reducing sample analysis time from years to months.