PIRE: Nuclear Energy Systems and Materials under Extreme Conditions

核能和尖端应用的先进材料的开发和改进将使能源系统以更高的可靠性、安全性和经济性运行，同时提高可持续性并限制负面环境影响。这项研究将大大减少发展未来能源技术的主要瓶颈，即缺乏在极端环境下使用的可靠的抗损伤材料。这项研究将极大地促进人们对粒子和等离子体束在极端辐照条件下与各种材料相互作用的认识。随着全球能源需求的持续增长，这些科学成果对发达国家和发展中国家近期和长期的系统建模和能源规划都有相关的政策影响。在确保我们能源未来的同时，提高可持续性成果需要全球视野，将适当的人才和资源聚集在一起，不仅要推进基础研究，还要确保多样化、具有全球思维和训练有素的科学家、政策专家和行业工作者骨干的存在。该项目的目标是提供强大的计算机资源和实验验证，以最大限度地减少基于辐照的材料性能设计限制，同时将这项研究置于可持续性、资源管理和全球能源政策的更大背景下。该项目利用国际研究伙伴关系，开发在极端条件下进一步开展材料工作所必需的人力资本。它汇集了日本、俄罗斯、德国和爱尔兰的主要合作伙伴和研究设施，将使研究生能够跨学科研究，重点是核能/聚变、光刻以及高能和核物理应用。没有一个地方可以提供所有这些设施；再加上普渡大学、伊利诺伊州和塔斯基吉大学的资源，学生们在建模、仿真和实验方面获得了重要的经验。从实验研究中获得的科学成果也对利用EUVL的半导体制造等工业部门以及太阳能、风能和煤炭等能源部门具有潜在的深远影响。教育模式侧重于让学生参与课程相关和研究机会，并提供多种类型的国际经验，以培养全球能力。该项目由NSF的国际科学与工程办公室（OISE）通过pie资助。

The development and refinement of advanced materials for nuclear and cutting edge applications will allow energy systems to operate with increased reliability, safety, and economy while increasing sustainability and limiting negative environmental impacts. This research will significantly reduce the principal bottleneck for developing future energy technologies, i.e., the lack of reliable damage-resistant materials for use under extreme environments. The research will critically advance knowledge about the interaction of particle and plasma beams with various materials under extreme irradiation conditions. These scientific outcomes have related policy impacts for systems modeling and energy planning in both the near and long term for both developed and developing countries as global appetites for energy continue to increase. Improving sustainability outcomes while securing our energy future entails a global outlook that brings together the appropriate people and resources to not only advance basic research but also to ensure the existence of a diverse, globally-minded and well-trained cadre of scientists, policy specialists, and industry workers. The goal for this project is to provide robust computer resources and experimental validation to minimize irradiation-based design constraints of materials performance while situating this research within a larger context of sustainability, resource management, and global energy policy. This project draws on international research partnerships to develop the human capital essential for further work in materials under extreme conditions. It brings together key partners and research facilities in Japan, Russia, Germany, and Ireland that will enable graduate student research across disciplines with a focus on Nuclear Energy/Fusion, Lithography, and High Energy and Nuclear Physics Applications. No one location can provide all these facilities; together with resources at Purdue, Illinois, and Tuskegee, students gain critical experience in modeling, simulation, and experimentation. Scientific gains from the experimental research also have potentially far-reaching implications for industrial sectors such as semi-conductor manufacturing using EUVL as well as in energy sectors including solar, wind, and coal. The education model focuses on engaging students in both course-related and research opportunities and on providing multiple types of international experiences that develop global competencies. The project is funded by NSF's Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE) through the PIRE.