Developing new materials for next-generation nuclear reactors is essential to ensure their safety, efficiency, and durability in extreme conditions such as high temperatures, radiation, and corrosion. Innovating nuclear structural and cladding materials, along with advanced simulation and experimental tools, is key to advancing this goal.
The "Developments in Nuclear Structural & Cladding Materials" symposium provides a crucial platform for researchers, engineers, and practitioners to exchange innovative insights and breakthroughs, significantly advancing nuclear science and technology.

Scope:
Nuclear energy, noted for minimal greenhouse gas emissions, faces key material challenges in extreme conditions. This symposium will focus on the fundamentals of fabricating and aging nuclear materials, reviewing recent advancements and future developments in understanding their behavior under extreme environments such as irradiation, stress, high temperatures, and reactive conditions.

The topics of interest to this symposium will cover a wide range of topics, but are not limited to the following:
• Advanced manufacturing (including but not limited to additive manufacturing, hot isostatic pressing, electron-beam welding, cold spray, etc.) of nuclear structure and cladding materials
• Advanced/high-throughput experiments under extreme reactor environments (irradiation, stress, high-temperature, corrosive environments)
• Materials performance/properties under reactor environments
• Advanced characterization of nuclear materials
• Modeling& simulation of the effects of extreme environments on materials behavior