Why is Radiation Damage Modeling Important in the Nuclear Sector?
The Applied Technical Services Family of Companies (FoC) provides specialized radiation damage modeling services to determine how materials react to radiation exposure over time. Understanding how radiation effects materials can directly impact operational strategies and nuclear safety.
Our hands-on, experimental approach provides real-world data in accordance with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Safety Standards for radiation safety and nuclear facility design.
Detecting Radiation Damage
Radiation damage can critically alter the material’s mechanical and thermal properties, challenging the safety and longevity of nuclear reactor components and other radiation-tolerant materials. Simulating different methods and techniques, our models can detect various types of radiation damage such as:
- Displacement, degradation, and defect evolution
- Swelling, embrittlement, fracture, and fatigue
- Point defect formations
- Phase changes in materials
- Irradiation hardening
- Fuel failure
- System failure
Radiation damage modeling can also simulate how neutron and gamma irradiation can affect materials over time.
Our Advanced Nuclear Testing Capabilities
Our radiation damage modeling and testing capabilities include, but are not limited to:
- Mechanical testing (such as impact and tensile testing)
- Irradiated materials testing
- Chemical and material composition analysis
- Neutron transport analysis
- Surveillance capsule testing
- Failure analysis
- Material characterization
- Charpy impact testing and miniature Charpy testing
- Hot call materials testing
- Extreme temperatures testing
- Industry-standard testing
- Custom testing systems
Applications Across Industries
From small reactor developers and large research institutions to mechanical engineering and safety-critical applications, our advanced testing capabilities can be utilized in a number of ways, including but not limited to:
- Nuclear energy and power plant safety: Predicting degradation, irradiation hardening, embrittlement, swelling, and creep in reactor materials and systems over time.
- Fuel qualification: Validating new fuel designs to determine fuel service life and testing fuel/cladding integrity in nuclear reactors.
- Space and aerospace: Modeling radiation effects on spacecraft materials and system reliability in extreme conditions.
- Healthcare: Understanding how radiation degradation affects medical devices.
Taking You One Step Closer to Certainty
Applied Technical Services has been a trusted provider since 1967, offering clients a one-stop-shop for their consulting, engineering, testing, forensics, calibration, and inspection service needs. Our experts leverage extensive knowledge and advanced laboratory capabilities to deliver solutions that help create a safer and more reliable world.
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If your organization requires radiation damage modeling or any of our advanced nuclear testing services, please submit a webform above or call us directly at +1 (888) 287-5227 to get started.
