On 22 July, the CONNECT-NM co-funded European partnership published a collaborative paper exploring its research agenda.
Aiming to boosting innovation in the field of nuclear materials, the partnership pursues five research lines dedicated to:
- Knowledge and data management
- Advanced materials development and manufacturing
- Materials and component qualification (testing, standardisation and design rules)
- Non-destructive examination and materials health monitoring
- Advanced materials modelling and characterisation
Notably, the newly released paper details the methodology and the scientific and technical expected results for each of these research lines, in pursuit of the corresponding five nuclear materials-dedicated end-products:
- Knowledge organisation system
- Materials acceleration platforms and advanced manufacturing processes
- Qualification test-beds and accelerated qualification paths
- Intelligent materials health monitoring
- Advanced predictive methodologies
The work to be performed in connection with prioritisation of research activities, education and training, access to infrastructures, communication, dissemination and results exploitation is also discussed, together with the expected impact.