Nuclear
From the engineering and physics departments, the academics associated with the Centre for Nuclear Engineering are world-class researchers. Projects cover areas including fuel fabrication and performance, waste performance, structural integrity, radiation transport and reactor physics, reactor thermal hydraulics, radio chemistry and geological repositories.
The centre has strong links with industry, establishing a University Technology Centre (UTC) with Rolls-Royce. The UTC provides a focal point for academics and Rolls-Royce staff to collaborate on new nuclear engineering research projects.
Computational modelling and evaluation is another area where Imperial’s expertise is used in the nuclear industry. The bespoke computational fluid dynamics code FETCH, developed at Imperial, is used for nuclear safety research.
The College also has the UK’s only civil nuclear reactor centre, based at Silwood Park in Berkshire. It provides neutron irradiation and multi-element analysis services as well as hands-on training.
Principal consultancy areas
- Seismic hazard assessment
- Medical isotopes
- Nuclear safety assessments
- Encapsulation and Building materials
- Irradiation services
- Risks
To find out more about the nuclear expertise available through Imperial Consultants, please contact us.
Informing international media
Imperial academics in the nuclear field provide regular comment and analysis for national and international media, most notably on the recent events in Japan. From earthquake risks through to materials physics and molecular pathology, here is a selection of media coverage that Imperial expertise has informed:
- Quake sparks nuclear crisis, Nature News
- Struggle to stabilise Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant, BBC News
- Fukushima Fallout: Next Few Days Critical, Sky News
- Residents queue to be tested, experts say this is not Chernobyl, The Independent
- Japan earthquake shuts nuclear facilities, The Engineer
