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Development of an advanced grade of nano-reinforced austenitic steel for use under intense flux


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Organisation

The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) is a key player in research, development and innovation in four main areas :
• defence and security,
• nuclear energy (fission and fusion),
• technological research for industry,
• fundamental research in the physical sciences and life sciences.

Drawing on its widely acknowledged expertise, and thanks to its 16000 technicians, engineers, researchers and staff, the CEA actively participates in collaborative projects with a large number of academic and industrial partners.

The CEA is established in ten centers spread throughout France
  

Reference

SL-DES-25-0296  

Thesis topic details

Category

Engineering science

Thesis topics

Development of an advanced grade of nano-reinforced austenitic steel for use under intense flux

Contract

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Job description

Recent work has shown that it is possible to obtain ODS (Oxide Dispersion Strengthened) austenitic steels for use under intense flux. These new grades are beginning to be studied for nuclear applications around the world. They should have remarkable properties, particularly in terms of resistance to swelling under irradiation and creep, thanks to the addition of nano-reinforcements in exceptional density (10^23 to 10^24 m-3). These ODS steels are obtained by powder metallurgy, by co-grinding a metal powder with an oxide powder. The aim of this work is to succeed in manufacturing, using an innovative process, ODS austenitic steel cladding tubes. It will be necessary to master the recrystallization of these tubes, to propose a first critical evaluation by specifying the property/microstructure relationships and by evaluating, by irradiation with charged particles, the behavior under irradaition of this new material. The student will be trained in Scanning Electron Microscopy and the techniques that result from it (X-ray analysis, EBSD, etc.), in SAXS, in the performance and exploitation of mechanical tests. He will have to acquire good notions in Transmission Electron Microscopy and in Tomographic Atomic Probe. The understanding of the behavior under irradiation will be guided by simulations by cluster dynamics.

University / doctoral school

Sciences Mécaniques et Energétiques, Matériaux et Géosciences (SMEMaG)
Paris-Saclay

Thesis topic location

Site

Saclay

Requester

Position start date

01/10/2025

Person to be contacted by the applicant

DE CARLAN Yann yann.decarlan@cea.fr
CEA
DES/DRMP//LA2M
CEA Saclay
bât 453
SRMA/LA2M
91191 Gif Sur Yvette CEDEX
01 69 08 61 75

Tutor / Responsible thesis director

DE CARLAN Yann yann.decarlan@cea.fr
CEA
DES/DRMP//LA2M
CEA Saclay
bât 453
SRMA/LA2M
91191 Gif Sur Yvette CEDEX
01 69 08 61 75

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