Chinese and Ukrainian scientists establish cooperation in construction of next generation reactors

By Svetlana Sytina
The Ukrainian Times

At the invitation of the Chinese Institute of Nuclear Energy, the delegation of the Sumy-based Institute of Applied Physics under the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine participated in a discussion about prospects for cooperation in the field of construction of next generation reactors. Negotiations have resulted in signing of two contracts.

One of the contracts provides for the multilevel simulation of defective structure in pure zirconium under different conditions of irradiation. In addition, plans are in hand to conduct several experiments on the zirconium alloys that will be irradiated by accelerated heavy ions.

Research will be done at the experimental base of the Institute of Applied Physics. In particular, its analytical accelerating complex is to be used for studying the structure and composition of various materials by means of the Rutherford backscattering method.