Topics

The organizers welcome the submission of abstracts in the following topical categories:

  1. Multiscale modeling for designing and predicting the performance of fusion materials
  2. Radiation Effects
    1. 2.1 Microstructural evolution
    2. 2.2 Mechanical and physical property degradation (including fracture)
    3. 2.3 He and H effects
  3. All aspects of developing low activation and other fusion materials including fabrication and joining
    1. 3.1 Ferritic/martensitic and ODS steels
    2. 3.2 Vanadium and refractory metal alloys
    3. 3.3 SiC/SiC composites
    4. 3.4 FCC metals (austenitic stainless steels, Cu alloys, etc.)
  4. Chemical compatibility and coatings
  5. High heat flux plasma facing materials
  6. Materials issues in chamber technologies
    1. 6.1 Tritium processing and control
    2. 6.2 Safety and waste management
    3. 6.3 Nuclear system design
    4. 6.4 Repair and maintenance
  7. The materials-design interface
    1. 7.1 Materials selection and requirements
    2. 7.2 Structural integrity and lifetime assessments
    3. 7.3 Advanced multiphysics computational methods for systems design
    4. 7.4 Impact of safety criteria and regulatory requirements for design and operation
  8. Materials challenges in ITER/ITER-TBM
  9. Cross-cutting materials issues for fission nuclear power systems
  10. Irradiation facilities and innovative experimental methods
    1. 10.1 Fission, spallation, IFMIF, charged particles
    2. 10.2 Small specimen tests/data application, integral-scaled component tests, He simulations
  11. Functional materials
    1. 11.1 Ceramic insulators
    2. 11.2 Diagnostic materials
    3. 11.3 Magnets
    4. 11.4 Blanket materials
  12. Materials for inertial fusion energy