Topic · Materials Chemistry
Nuclear materials and radiation effects
Nuclear materials and radiation effects is a research topic within Materials Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 24k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the use of pyrochlore, a complex oxide, as a nuclear waste form for the immobilization of plutonium and minor actinides. The papers cover topics such as radiation tolerance, amorphization resistance, crystal chemistry, ion irradiation effects, and structural studies related to pyrochlore-based materials for high-level nuclear waste immobilization.
- Pyrochlore
- Nuclear Waste Disposal
- Actinides
- Radiation Tolerance
- Ceramics
- Amorphization Resistance
- Crystal Chemistry
- Ion Irradiation
- Structural Study
- High-Level Waste Immobilization
- Research works
- 24k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 2.4k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 9.9% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
- +17% the tick is no change
- Largest producer
China
39% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
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