SATURN CDT projects supported by industry partners
Our industry partners are central to the success of the SATURN CDT. They provide vital funding and expertise to support our researchers and ensure their work addresses the most pressing challenges in the nuclear sector.
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You can explore our work in two ways:
- By industry partner – projects listed by partner organisation, split into Cohort 1 and Cohort 2.
- By research theme – projects grouped by research area, also split into Cohort 1 and Cohort 2.
Use the drop-down accordions below to view the full lists of projects. Each entry highlights the research area and the organisation supporting the work.
Projects by Industry partner
Cohort 1
Projects supported by our first cohort of industry partners.
Cohort 1's project supported by Environment Agency:
- Integrating Circular Economy Principles and Life Cycle Assessment in Nuclear Decommissioning.
Cohort 1's projects supported by EDF Energy Ltd:
- Investigation into the Challenges and Scenarios Faced in Decommissioning
- Platinum Self Powered Neutron Detectors.
Cohort 1's projects supported by Nuclear Decommissioning Authority:
- Radionuclide Fate in On-site Disposal of Activation Product Contaminated Wastes
- Combining Asbestos Treatment with Carbon Capture using Mechanochemistry
- Development of a Mechanistic Model for He Release from PuO2 Powders
- Disposal MOX for Immobilisation of the UK’s Plutonium Inventory: A Study of its Fabrication and Stability under Geological Disposal Conditions
- Understanding Clays and Filler Loadings in Portland-limestone Calcined Clay Cement (LC3) Encapsulants to Establish Near and Medium-term Security of Supply and Capability (NDA PhD Bursary)
- Probing the Effects of Radiation Damage in Candidate Pu Ceramic Wasteforms.
Cohort 1's projects supported by Nuclear Waste Services Ltd:
- Criticality Safety: Investigating the Co-Mobility of Actinides and Neutron Poisons
- Spent Fuel Leaching in Challenging Groundwaters : Development and Validation of a Fast Throughput, Corrosion-based Dissolution Rate Measurement Methodology.
Cohort 1's projects supported by Rolls Royce Ltd:
- Manufacture and Properties of Robust Nuclear Fuels
- Understanding Galling Performance in Co and Fe-Based Alloys under Nuclear Plant-Relevant Conditions
Cohort 1's projects supported by Sellafield Ltd:
- Microbial Induced Corrosion and Spent Nuclear Fuel: Mechanisms and Mitigations
- The Corrosion of Magnox Spent Nuclear Fuel
- Nearfield Interactions of Vitrified Intermediate Level Waste; Radionuclide Transport at the Glass-Canister-Backfill Interface.
Cohort 1's projects supported by Sizwell C Limited:
- Investigation into the Challenges and Scenarios Faced in Decommissioning
- Platinum Self Powered Neutron Detectors.
Cohort 1's project supported by United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority:
- Detecting and Quantifying Hydrogen Isotopes in Nuclear Fusion Breeding Materials using Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy.
Cohort 1's projects supported by United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory:
- Radionuclide Fate in On-site Disposal of Activation Product Contaminated Wastes
- Combining Asbestos Treatment with Carbon Capture using Mechanochemistry
- Development of a Mechanistic Model for He Release from PuO2 Powders
- Disposal MOX for Immobilisation of the UK’s Plutonium Inventory: A Study of its Fabrication and Stability under Geological Disposal Conditions
- Understanding Clays and Filler Loadings in Portland-limestone Calcined Clay Cement (LC3) Encapsulants to Establish Near and Medium-term Security of Supply and Capability (NDA PhD Bursary)
- Probing the Effects of Radiation Damage in Candidate Pu Ceramic Wasteforms
- Zirconolite Ceramics Doped with Hafnium as a Neutron Poison.
Cohort 2
Projects supported by our second cohort of partners.
Cohort 2's project supported by Atomic Weapons Establishment PLC:
- Enhancing Understanding of Actinide Electronic and Materials Properties and Instrumental Choices for the AFS Facility using X-Ray Synchrotron Equivalent Techniques on Thin Films.
Cohort 2's project supported by EDF Energy:
- Developing Methods for Communicating Confidence in Computational Models.
Cohort 2's projects supported by Nuclear Decommissioning Authority:
- Investigating Environmental Redux Chemistry and Other Key Radionuclides Using Novel Electrochemical Techniques
- Thin Film Resistance Probes as a Novel Method for Measurement of Corrosion in Cement and Grout Matrices
- Low Carbon Cements for Nuclear Waste Encapsulation
- Linking Historic, Contemporary, and Future Inspection Data for Improved Asset Monitoring
- Non-invasive Strategies for the Mobilisation and Washout of Radioactive Heels and Residues from Vessels and Pipework
- Automated Beta-emitting Radioisotope Identification and Monitoring in Boreholes
- Remotely Deployed Sensor Network to Characterise 50 mm Pipework.
Cohort 2's project supported by Nuclear Restoration Services Limited:
- Advancing the Thermal Treatment of Radioactive Graphite Waste.
Cohort 2's project supported by Nuclear Waste Services:
- Elucidating Steel Corrosion Rates in High-salinity Groundwater - A Multi-technique Approach.
Cohort 2's project supported by Rapsicon:
- Heat Mapping of Nuclear Waste using Panel Detectors.
Cohort 2's projects supported by Rolls Royce:
- Understanding Strain Localisation around Hydrides in Irradiated Zirconium Alloys
- Multiscale Investigation of Corrosion Deposition in High Temperature High Pressure Water for Nuclear Power Plants
- Manufacture and Properties of Ceramic Matrices Dispersion Fuels
- Effects of Kernel Manufacturing Routes on Dispersion Fuel Properties
- Advanced Manufacturing Techniques for Robust Nuclear Fuels
- Smart Certification of Novel Robust Nuclear Fuel Materials
- Nuclear-Powered Space Propulsion and Terrestrial Reactors: Advanced Modelling of Particulate Fuel Behaviour
- Understanding the Non-Arrhenius Stress Corrosion Cracking Behaviour of Structural Materials in High Temperature Water
- Influence of Microstructure on Magnetic Properties in Precipitation Hardened Stainless Steels
- Understanding the Electrokinetic Interactions of Materials in Elevated Temperature Water Relevant to PWR Primary Water
- Multi-Fidelity Systems-Level Simulations for Nuclear Thermal Hydraulics.
Cohort 2's projects supported by Sellafield:
- Iron Oxyhydroxide Nanoparticle Crystallization and Transformation During Radioactive Effluent Treatment
- Towards Controlling Atmospheric Corrosion of Aluminium in Nuclear Store Environment
- Structural Modifications in Aged PuO2
- Nuclear Aluminium: To Corrode - That is the Question.
Cohort 2's project supported by Sizwell C Limited:
- Enhancing Marine Biodiversity through Repurposing Manmade Structures with Secondary Coastal Flood Defence Benefits.
Cohort 2's project supported by United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority:
- Uncertainty Quantification in Fusion Reactor Neutronics.
Cohort 2's project supported by United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory:
- Cyber Secure and Resilient Next-generation Communications for Small Modular Reactors.
- Selective Extraction of Radiotherapeutic Metals for Targeted Alpha Cancer Therapy
Non-invasive Strategies for the Mobilisation and Washout of Radioactive Heels and Residues from Vessels and Pipework.
Projects by research theme
Cohort 1
Explore projects grouped under themes.
Cohort 1's projects in the theme Current Operating Reactors:
- Understanding Galling Performance in Co and Fe-Based Alloys under Nuclear Plant-Relevant Conditions
- Decision Support for Nuclear Engineering
- Investigation into the Challenges and Scenarios Faced in Decommissioning.
Cohort 1's projects in the theme Decommissioning and Clean up:
- Selective Extraction of Radiotherapeutic Metals for Targeted Alpha Cancer Therapy
- Iron Oxyhydroxide Nanoparticle Crystallization and Transformation During Radioactive Effluent Treatment
- Investigating Environmental Redux Chemistry and Other Key Radionuclides Using Novel Electrochemical Techniques
- Low Carbon Cements for Nuclear Waste Encapsulation
- Linking Historic, Contemporary, and Future Inspection Data for Improved Asset Monitoring
- Non-invasive Strategies for the Mobilisation and Washout of Radioactive Heels and Residues from Vessels and Pipework
- Automated Beta-emitting Radioisotope Identification and Monitoring in Boreholes
- Remotely Deployed Sensor Network to Characterise 50 mm Pipework.
Cohort 1's project in the theme Fusion:
- Detecting and Quantifying Hydrogen Isotopes in Nuclear Fusion Breeding Materials using Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy.
Cohort 1's project in the theme Future Fuel Cycles:
- Manufacture and Properties of Ceramic Matrices Dispersion Fuels.
Cohort 1's projects in the theme Geological Disposal:
- Microbial Induced Corrosion and Spent Nuclear Fuel: Mechanisms and Mitigations
- Criticality Safety: Investigating the Co-mobility of Actinides and Neutron Poisons
- Combining Asbestos Treatment with Carbon Capture Using Mechanochemistry
- Understanding Clays and Filler Loadings in Portland-limestone Calcined Clay Cement (LC3) Encapsulants to Establish Near and Medium-term Security of Supply and Capability (NDA PhD Bursary)
- Integrating Circular Economy Principles and Life Cycle Assessment in Nuclear Decommissioning
- Nearfield Interactions of Vitrified Intermediate Level Waste; Radionuclide Transport at the Glass-Canister-Backfill Interface
- Zirconolite Ceramics Doped with Hafnium as a Neutron Poison.
Cohort 1's project in the theme Interaction of Infrastructure and Environment:
- Understanding Galling Performance in Co and Fe-Based Alloys under Nuclear Plant-Relevant Conditions.
Cohort 1's projects in the theme New Build Reactors:
- Understanding Galling Performance in Co and Fe-Based Alloys under Nuclear Plant-Relevant Conditions
- Investigation into the Challenges and Scenarios Faced in Decommissioning
- Platinum Self Powered Neutron Detectors.
Cohort 1's projects in the theme Regulation:
- Microbial Induced Corrosion and Spent Nuclear Fuel: Mechanisms and Mitigations
- Decision Support for Nuclear Engineering.
Cohort 1's projects in the theme Spent Fuel and Nuclear Management:
- Microbial Induced Corrosion and Spent Nuclear Fuel: Mechanisms and Mitigations
- The Corrosion of Magnox Spent Nuclear Fuel
- Nearfield Interactions of Vitrified Intermediate Level Waste; Radionuclide Transport at the Glass-Canister-Backfill Interface
- Combining Asbestos Treatment with Carbon Capture using Mechanochemistry
- Development of a Mechanistic Model for He Release from PuO2 Powders
- Disposal MOX for Immobilisation of the UK’s Plutonium Inventory: A Study of its Fabrication and Stability under Geological Disposal Conditions
- Zirconolite Ceramics Doped with Hafnium as a Neutron Poison
- Spent Fuel Leaching in Challenging Groundwaters : Development & Validation of a Fast Throughput, Corrosion-based Dissolution Rate Measurement Methodology
- Platinum Self Powered Neutron Detectors.
Cohort 1's project in the theme Systems Engineering:
- Decision Support for Nuclear Engineering.
Cohort 1's project in the theme Technology Transfer:
- Decision Support for Nuclear Engineering.
Cohort 2
Explore projects grouped under themes.
Cohort 2's projects in the theme Advanced Nuclear Reactors:
- Multiscale Investigation of Corrosion Deposition in High Temperature High Pressure Water for Nuclear Power Plants
- Nuclear-Powered Space Propulsion and Terrestrial Reactors: Advanced Modelling of Particulate Fuel Behaviour.
Cohort 2's projects in the theme Current Operating Reactors:
- Understanding Strain Localisation around Hydrides in Irradiated Zirconium Alloys
- Multiscale Investigation of Corrosion Deposition in High Temperature High Pressure Water for Nuclear Power Plants
- Nuclear-Powered Space Propulsion and Terrestrial Reactors: Advanced Modelling of Particulate Fuel Behaviour
- Understanding the Non-Arrhenius Stress Corrosion Cracking Behaviour of Structural Materials in High Temperature Water
- Influence of Microstructure on Magnetic Properties in Precipitation Hardened Stainless Steels
- Advancing the Thermal Treatment of Radioactive Graphite Waste
- Multi-Fidelity Systems-Level Simulations for Nuclear Thermal Hydraulics
- Developing Methods for Communicating Confidence in Computational Models.
Cohort 2's project in the theme Cyber Security:
- Cyber Secure and Resilient Next-generation Communications for Small Modular Reactors.
Cohort 2's projects in the theme Decommissioning and Clean up:
- Radionuclide Fate in On-site Disposal of Activation Product Contaminated Wastes
- Understanding Clays and Filler Loadings in Portland-limestone Calcined Clay Cement (LC3) Encapsulants to Establish Near and Medium-term Security of Supply and Capability (NDA PhD Bursary)
- Criticality Safety: Investigating the Co-Mobility of Actinides and Neutron Poisons
- Investigation into the Challenges and Scenarios Faced in Decommissioning
- Integrating Circular Economy Principles and Life Cycle Assessment in Nuclear Decommissioning
- Elucidating Steel Corrosion Rates in High-salinity Groundwater - A Multi-technique Approach
- Heat Mapping of Nuclear Waste using Panel Detectors.
Cohort 2's projects in the theme Future Fuel Cycles:
- Manufacture and Properties of Ceramic Matrices Dispersion Fuels
- Effects of Kernel Manufacturing Routes on Dispersion Fuel Properties
- Advanced Manufacturing Techniques for Robust Nuclear Fuels
- Smart Certification of Novel Robust Nuclear Fuel Materials.
Cohort 2's project in the theme Future Nuclear Energy:
- Uncertainty Quantification in Fusion Reactor Neutronics.
Cohort 2's projects in the theme Gas-cooled Reactors:
- Nuclear-Powered Space Propulsion and Terrestrial Reactors: Advanced Modelling of Particulate Fuel Behaviour
- Advancing the Thermal Treatment of Radioactive Graphite Waste.
Cohort 2's projects in the theme Geological Disposal:
- Thin Film Resistance Probes as a Novel Method for Measurement of Corrosion in Cement and Grout Matrices
- Low Carbon Cements for Nuclear Waste Encapsulation.
Cohort 2's projects in the theme Interaction of Infrastructure and Environment:
- Understanding Strain Localisation around Hydrides in Irradiated Zirconium Alloys
- Understanding the Non-Arrhenius Stress Corrosion Cracking Behaviour of Structural Materials in High Temperature Water
- Understanding the electrokinetic interactions of Materials in Elevated Temperature Water Relevant to PWR Primary Water
- Low Carbon Cements for Nuclear Waste Encapsulation
- Enhancing Marine Biodiversity Through Repurposing Manmade Structures with Secondary Coastal Flood Defence Benefits.
Cohort 2's projects in the theme New Build Reactors:
- Understanding Galling Performance in Co and Fe-Based Alloys under Nuclear Plant-Relevant Conditions
- Investigation into the Challenges and Scenarios Faced in Decommissioning
- Platinum Self Powered Neutron Detectors.
Cohort 2's projects in the theme Nuclear Security:
- Enhancing understanding of actinide electronic and materials properties and instrumental choices for the AFS facility using x-ray synchrotron equivalent techniques on thin films
- Multi-Fidelity Systems-Level Simulations for Nuclear Thermal Hydraulics.
Cohort 2's project in the theme Radionuclides for Health:
- Selective Extraction of Radiotherapeutic Metals for Targeted Alpha Cancer Therapy.
Cohort 2's project in the theme Re-establishing the UK supply:
- Selective Extraction of Radiotherapeutic Metals for Targeted Alpha Cancer Therapy.
Cohort 2's project in the theme Regulation:
- Cyber Secure and Resilient Next-generation Communications for Small Modular Reactors.
Cohort 2's projects in the theme Technology Transfer:
- Multiscale Investigation of Corrosion Deposition in High Temperature High Pressure Water for Nuclear Power Plants
- Nuclear-Powered Space Propulsion and Terrestrial Reactors: Advanced Modelling of Particulate Fuel Behaviour
- Advancing the Thermal Treatment of Radioactive Graphite Waste.