We are pleased to have collaborated recently with Lucideon on a project on designing and optimising ceramic materials for radioactive waste immobilisation. Eden NE led this work—drawing on our experience of materials science, technical leadership and strategy development—with Lucideon carrying out a wide variety of experimental activities on formulation development and materials characterisation. The project made extensive use of new facilities in the AMRICC Centre, including Hot Isostatic Pressing, ball mills and a state of the art Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope. The project was delivered successfully, with numerous critical insights and actionable recommendations derived.

SEM images from project on nuclear ceramics.

AMRICC provides end-to-end capability across ceramics and advanced ceramics manufacturing, with adaptable pilot-scale processes and industrially-relevant equipment; AMRICC enables de-risking of materials development and helping bridge the gap between lab-scale work and solutions to be deployed in real operational environments. Other potential nuclear sector uses of ceramics include containment, insulation and nuclear fuel components; we look forward to future collaboration opportunities in this topic area.