Publications
2025
- E-pub ahead of printOptioneering in nuclear ion exchange resin disposal
Atkinson, C., Robshaw, T., Walker, G. D., Rushton, M., Middleburgh, S., Lee, B. & Ogden, M., 1 Jul 2025, In: Progress in Nuclear Energy. 185, 105719.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2024
- PublishedAssessing Li accommodation at amorphous ZrO2 grain boundaries
Stephens, G. F., London, I., Ghardi, M., Fraile, A., Rushton, M., Lee, B., Cole-Baker, A. & Middleburgh, S., 1 Jan 2024, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 154780.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedDevelopment of Kernel Fuels for High Temperature Gas Reactor and Space Systems
Middleburgh, S., Makurunje, P., Mohun, R., Goddard, D., Stephens, G. F. & Lee, B., 8 Oct 2024.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review - E-pub ahead of printFirst-principles study of lithium aluminosilicate glass scintillators
Ghardi, E., Scrimshire, A., Smith, R., Bingham, P., Middleburgh, S., Lee, W. & Rushton, M., 30 Jan 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 26, 7, p. 6138-6147 10 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedOn the oxidation and ignition of uranium carbide fragments in air and comparison with zirconium carbide oxidation
Gasparrini, C., Podor, R., Fiquet, O., Rushton, M. J. D. & Lee, W. E., 15 Apr 2024, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 592, 154944.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedShifting to a 36-month fuel cycle with advanced moderating burnable absorbers enabling high assay low enriched uranium (HALEU)
Bolukbasi, M., Middleburgh, S., Vrtiska, S. & Lee, B., 1 Mar 2024, In: Progress in Nuclear Energy. 105011.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedTi-Zr-Nb-(V) refractory alloy coatings deposited by high-power impulse magnetron sputtering: Structure, mechanical properties, oxidation resistance, and thermal stability
Fraile, A., Cavaleiro, D., Bondarev, A., Middleburgh, S., Lee, B. & Fernandes, F., 1 Dec 2024, In: Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A. 42, 6
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2023
- PublishedAddressing high processing temperatures in reactive melt infiltration for multiphase ceramic composites
Makurunje, P., Middleburgh, S. & Lee, B., 1 Feb 2023, In: Journal of the European Ceramic Society. 43, 2, p. 283-197
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedDiffusion in undoped and Cr-doped amorphous UO2
Owen, M., Cooper, M. W. D., Rushton, M., Claisse, A., Lee, B. & Middleburgh, S., 1 Apr 2023, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 576, 154270.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedEnrichment of Chromium at Grain Boundaries in Chromia Doped UO2
Middleburgh, S., Dumbill, S., Qaisar, A., Vatter, I., Owen, M., Vallely, S., Goddard, D., Eaves, D., Puide, M., Limback, M. & Lee, B., Mar 2023, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 575, 154250.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedIn-reactor behaviour and economic assessment of enriched gadolinia burnable absorbers
Bolukbasi, M., Middleburgh, S. & Lee, B., Oct 2023, In: Progress in Nuclear Energy. 164, 104873.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedModelling the impact of configurational entropy on the stability of amorphous SiO2
Owen, M., Rushton, M., Cooper, M. W., Ghardi, M., Claisse, A., Lee, B. & Middleburgh, S., 1 Aug 2023, In: Scripta Materialia. 233, 115507.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2022
- PublishedDefect Behaviour in the MoNbTaVW High Entropy Alloy (HEA)
Lin-Vines, A., Wilson, J., Fraile, A., Evitts, L. J., Rushton, M., Astbury, J., Lee, W. E. & Middleburgh, S. C., Sept 2022, In: Results In Materials. 15, 100320.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review - PublishedEffect of ZrB2 and UB2 Discrete Burnable Absorber Pins on Fuel Reactivity
Bolukbasi, M., Middleburgh, S., Vrtiska, S. & Lee, B., 1 Aug 2022, In: Progress in Nuclear Energy. 150, 104295.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedHydrogen Accommodation in the TiZrNbHfTa High Entropy Alloy
Moore, C., Wilson, J., Rushton, M., Lee, B., Astbury, J. & Middleburgh, S., 1 May 2022, In: Acta Materialia. 229, 117832.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedPredicting the thermal expansion of body-centred cubic (BCC) high entropy alloys in the Mo-Nb-Ta-Ti-W system
Wilson, J., Evitts, L. J., Fraile, A., Wilson, R., Rushton, M., Goddard, D., Lee, B. & Middleburgh, S., 1 Jul 2022, In: Journal of Physics: Energy. 4, 3, 034002.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2021
- PublishedAtomistic modeling approach to the thermodynamics of sodium silicate glasses
Fossati, P. C. M., Mellan, T. A., Kuganathan, N. & Lee, W. E., Mar 2021, In: Journal of American Ceramic Society. 104, 3, p. 1331-1344 14 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedCo-generation in the early days of nuclear power: Part 2: Metal production
Rushton, M. J. D. & Lee, W. E., 1 Feb 2021, In: Nuclear Future. 17, 1, p. 40-44
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedDiffusion in doped and undoped amorphous zirconia
Owen, M., Rushton, M., Evitts, L. J., Claisse, A., Puide, M., Lee, B. & Middleburgh, S., Nov 2021, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 555, 153108.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedDoing more with nuclear
Rushton, M. & Lee, B., May 2021, In: Energy World. May 2021, p. 22-24 3 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedHfB2 ceramic polycrystals: A low-temperature metal-like ceramic at high temperatures?
Zapata-Solvas, E., Moshtaghioun, B. M., Gómez-García, D., Domínguez-Rodríguez, A. & Lee, W. E., Oct 2021, In: Scripta Materialia. 203, 114037.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedInterface properties of Ti3SiC2/Al2O3 ceramics: Combined experiments and first-principles calculations
Ji, J., Yu, J., Lee, B., Middleburgh, S., Li, D., Wang, X., Li, Q., Wang, Z., Shi, G., Chen, F. & Zhang, L., 1 Mar 2021, In: Ceramics International. 47, 5, p. 6409-6417
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedLithium Accomodation in ZrO2
Stephens, G. F., Evitts, L. J., Rushton, M., Lee, B., Middleburgh, S., Than, Y. R., Cole-Baker, A., Neilson, W., Murphy, S., Wenman, M. R., Grimes, R. W., Gotham, N. & Ortner, S., 29 Oct 2021, ENS TopFuel 2021 Conference proceedings. ENS TopFuel
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review - PublishedPerformance and economic assessment of enriched gadolinia burnable absorbers
Bolukbasi, M., Middleburgh, S., Dahlfors, M. & Lee, B., Jul 2021, In: Progress in Nuclear Energy. 137, 103752.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedStructure and properties of amorphous uranium dioxide
Middleburgh, S., Lee, B. & Rushton, M., 1 Jan 2021, In: Acta Materialia. 202, p. 366-375
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedThe accommodation of lithium in bulk ZrO2
Stephens, G. F., Than, Y. R., Nelson, W., Evitts, L. J., Wenman, M., Murphy, S., Grimes, R. W., Cole-Baker, A., Ortner, S., Gotham, N., Rushton, M., Lee, B. & Middleburgh, S., 15 Dec 2021, In: Solid State Ionics. 373, 115813.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedThe future of medical radioisotope production in the UK: An introduction to nuclear medicine
Evitts, L. J., Pearce, F., Middleburgh, S., Rushton, M. & Lee, B., 1 Aug 2021, Nuclear Future, 17, 4, p. 18-20 3 p.
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article - PublishedThe future of medical radioisotope production in the UK -- Part Two
Evitts, L. J., Pearce, F., Middleburgh, S., Rushton, M. & Lee, B., 1 Nov 2021, Nuclear Future, 17, 6, p. 17-19 3 p.
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article - PublishedThe UK National Thermal-Hydraulics Facility: Motivations, Design and Planning Status
Dahlfors, M., Joannou, J., Brummitt, A., Rushton, M., Middleburgh, S. & Lee, B., 2021, EPJ Web of Conferences. EDP Sciences, Vol. 247. 11 p. 20006
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review - PublishedUtilizing neutronics modelling to predict changing Pu ratios in UO2 in the presence of Th
Evitts, L., Gilbert, M. R., Middleburgh, S., Lee, B. & Dahlfors, M., 1 Jul 2021, In: Progress in Nuclear Energy. 137, 103762.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2020
- PublishedCo-Generation in the Early Days of Nuclear Power: Part 1: Calder Hall and Chapelcross
Rushton, M. J. D. & Lee, W. E., 1 Nov 2020, In: Nuclear Future. 16, 6, p. 51-54
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedEvidence of excess oxygen accommodation in yttria partially-stabilized zirconia
Middleburgh, S. C., Ipatova, I., Evitts, L. J., Rushton, M. J. D., Assinder, B., Grimes, R. W. & Lee, W. E., 15 Jan 2020, In: Scripta Materialia. 175, p. 7-10
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedInfluence of boron isotope ratio on the thermal conductivity of uranium diboride (UB2) and zirconium diboride (ZrB2)
Evitts, L., Middleburgh, S., Kardoulaki, E., Ipatova, I., Rushton, M. & Lee, B., Jan 2020, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 528, 151892.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedOn the stoichiometry of zirconium carbide
Gasparrini, C., Rana, D.-S., Le Brun, N., Horlait, D., Markides, C. N., Farnan, I. & Lee, W. E., 14 Apr 2020, In: Scientific Reports. 10, 1, p. 6347
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedThe Stability of Irradiation-Induced Defects in Zr3AlC2, Nb4AlC3 and (Zr0.5,Ti0.5)3AlC2 MAX Phase-Based Ceramics
Bowden, D., Ward, J., Middleburgh, S., de Moraes Shubeita, S., Zapata-Solvas, E., Lapauw, T., Vleugels, J., Lambrinou, K., Lee, B., Preuss, M. & Frankel, P., 15 Jan 2020, In: Acta Materialia. 183, p. 24-35
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2019
- PublishedStoichiometry deviation in amorphous zirconium dioxide
Rushton, M. J. D., Ipatova, I., Evitts, L. J., Lee, W. E. & Middleburgh, S. C., 28 May 2019, In: RSC Advances. 9, 29, p. 16320-16327
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedUranium carbide oxidation from 873 K to 1173 K
Gasparrini, C., Podor, R., Fiquet, O., Horlait, D., May, S., Wenman, M. R. & Lee, W. E., 1 May 2019, In: Corrosion Science. 151, p. 44-56
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2018
- PublishedA candidate fusion engineering material, WC-FeCr
Humphry-Baker, S. A., Harrison, R. W., Greaves, G., Knowles, A. J., Smith, G. D. W., Donnelly, S. E. & Lee, W. E., Oct 2018, In: Scripta Materialia. 155, p. 129-133
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedAtomic-scale description of interfaces in rutile/sodium silicate glass–crystal composites
Fossati, P. C. M., Rushton, M. & Lee, W., 21 Jun 2018, In: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 20, p. 17624-17636
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedDegradation of partially immersed glass: A new perspective
Chinnam, R. K., Fossati, P. C. M. & Lee, W. E., May 2018, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 503, p. 56-65
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedRadiation-induced microcrystal shape change as a mechanism of wasteform degradation
Ojovan, M. I., Burakov, B. E. & Lee, W. E., 1 Apr 2018, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 501, p. 162-171
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedTemperature dependent volatilisation behaviour of Cs from two commercial adsorbents used at Fukushima measured using novel experimental apparatus
Pletser, D., Ohashi, T., Yoshii, Y. & Lee, W. E., 1 Nov 2018, In: Progress in Nuclear Energy. 109, p. 214-222
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2017
- PublishedExperimental synthesis and density functional theory investigation of radiation tolerance of Zr-3(Al1-xSix)C-2 MAX phases
Zapata-Solvas, E., Christopoulos, S.-R. G., Ni, N., Parfitt, D. C., Horlait, D., Fitzpatrick, M. E., Chroneos, A. & Lee, W. E., 1 Apr 2017, In: Journal of American Ceramic Society. 100, 4, p. 1377-1387
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedOxidation of UC: An in situ high temperature environmental scanning electron microscopy study
Gasparrini, C., Podor, R., Horlait, D., Rushton, M. J. D., Fiquet, O. & Lee, W. E., Oct 2017, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 494, p. 127-137
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2016
- PublishedInvestigating the highest melting temperature materials: A laser melting study of the TaC-HfC system
Cedillos-Barraza, O., Manara, D., Boboridis, K., Watkins, T., Grasso, S., Jayaseelan, D. D., Konings, R. J. M., Reece , M. J. & Lee, B., 1 Dec 2016, In: Scientific Reports. 6, 37962.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedSynthesis and DFT investigation of new bismuth-containing MAX phases
Horlait, D., Middleburgh, S. C., Chroneos, A. & Lee, W. E., 7 Jan 2016, In: Scientific Reports. 6
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedThermal Properties of Rare-Earth Monosilicates for EBC on Si-Based Ceramic Composites
Al Nasiri, N., Patra, N., Horlait, D., Jayaseelan, D. D. & Lee, B., Feb 2016, In: Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 99, 2
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedTungsten carbide is more oxidation resistant than tungsten when processed to full density
Humphry-Baker, S. A. & Lee, W. E., 15 Apr 2016, In: Scripta Materialia. 116, p. 67-70
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2014
- PublishedEffect of La2O3 addition on long-term oxidation kinetics of ZrB2–SiC and HfB2–SiC ultra-high temperature ceramics
Zapata-Solvas, E., Jayaseelan, D. D., Brown, P. M. & Lee, B., Dec 2014, In: Journal of the European Ceramic Society. 34, 15, p. 3535-3548
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Projects
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Energy Institute at Bangor University [80761-BU-103 (West)]
01/11/2017 – 17/09/2024 (Finished)
Description
Bangor University is developing a world leading capability in nuclear science and engineering, the focal point of which is the Nuclear Futures Institute. This will establish North Wales as a global centre, delivering international partnerships and opportunities from a rich mix of existing and new talent in support of the local and regional economy.
With nuclear decommissioning and nuclear new-build projects on its doorstep, and an increasing number of businesses from the nuclear supply chain becoming active in the area, the University is focussing on existing and emerging nuclear power generation technologies including Pressurised Water Reactors (PWR), (Advanced) Boiling Water Reactors ((A)BWR) and Small Modular Reactors (SMR).
Already, Bangor University and Imperial College London, with Hitachi-GE providing technical expertise and support, have established a joint “Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) Research Hub and Network”. The Network brings together the UK research base with Hitachi’s nuclear researchers to help develop future generations of Boiling Water Reactor technology.
Nuclear expertise and academic capacity at Bangor University is expanding rapidly with the appointment of international research ‘stars’, plus their supporting research teams, funded by the Welsh Government’s Sêr Cymru programme and the European Regional Development Fund.
At a broader level, Bangor University is also developing a number of highly ambitious projects in the wider energy sector with a focus on sustainable and secure energy supplies for the future.
Together, these initiatives will establish North Wales as a global centre of expertise, helping to develop a new generation of scientists and engineers to tackle the urgent need for low carbon energy and energy security around the world.
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Boiling Water Reactor Research Hub Network
01/10/2016 – 01/08/2019 (Finished)