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FEDERAL AGENCY FOR ATOMIC ENERGY OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Thematic International Conference on Bio-, Nano- and Space Technologies EU @ Science Centre Collaboration, Ljubljana, Slovenia, March 10-12 2008. Nanomaterials and nanotechnologies in Support of Nuclear Power Production Development. FEDERAL AGENCY FOR ATOMIC ENERGY OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION.

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FEDERAL AGENCY FOR ATOMIC ENERGY OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION

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  1. Thematic International Conference on Bio-, Nano- and Space Technologies EU @ Science Centre Collaboration, Ljubljana, Slovenia, March 10-12 2008 Nanomaterials and nanotechnologies in Support of Nuclear Power Production Development FEDERAL AGENCY FOR ATOMIC ENERGY OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION Olga S. Vorontsova Deputy Director of Centre for International Relations VNIIEF, Russia

  2. Atomic cluster of the Russian national nanotechnology network Market monitoring major programs customer needs Large-scale investment projects State-owned corporations Rosnanotech Rosatom Informational element Analytical element evaluation of resources selection of task teams economic calculations development of programs Outside advertising exhibits conferences publications Database products technologies projects Information processing centre Industry organizations Users Related organizations

  3. Rosatom Centre for Nanotechnologies and Nanomaterials Established by the Rosatom order of 25 October 2006

  4. Participating organizations • All-Russian Bochvar Research Institute of Inorganic Materials - coordinator; • RF State Research Centre – Leipunsky Institute of Physics and Power Engineering ; • All-Russian Research Institute of Chemical Engineering • “Ehleron” Special Research and Production Association • Russian-Federal Nuclear Centre – All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Physics • RF State Research Centre – Troitsk Institute of Innovative and Thermonuclear Research • “Start” Production Association • “Luch” Research and Production Association • “Krasnaya Zvezda” enterprise • RF State Research Center – “Giredmet” Institute

  5. Mission of the Centre • Coordinate research, development and process engineering activities to support nanotechnology advancement, streamline engineering and analytical instrumentation capabilities for nanomaterials R&D; • Bring R&D institutions of other industries, universities, scientists and engineers in on nanoindustry development cooperation; • Develop nanoindustry programs and large investment projects; • Commercialize nanotechnology and nanomaterial projects of the Centre participants and related organizations; • Advertise accomplishments of the Centre participating organizations through specialty publications and mass media, and hosting or attending exhibits, conferences and workshops.

  6. Rosatom Centre for Nanotechnologies and Nanomaterials The results to date

  7. CONTENT • Technology support of nuclear power operations • Radiation safety of nuclear power operations • Nanotechnologies and nanomaterials for related industries • Instruments and equipment

  8. TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT OF NUCLEAR POWER OPERATIONS Use of nanoadditives to activate ceramic material sintering process Microstructure of a pellet using nanostructured gas-flame powder Microstructure of a pellet using standard gas-flame powder

  9. TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT OF NUCLEAR POWER OPERATIONS Use of nanooxides for enhanced performance of reactor core structural materials: • high heat resistance • low irradiation-induced swelling • ductility preserved at high damaging dose values

  10. TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT OF NUCLEAR POWER OPERATIONS Irradiation self-organized alloys: get more strength and keep ductility under high-dose irradiation Ni-Cr-Moalloys are used in nuclear engineering Fe-Cr and V-Ti-Cralloys are in research phase Ni-Cr-Mo alloy structure

  11. TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT OF NUCLEAR POWER OPERATIONS provides a hundreds of degrees lower temperature of chemical reactions Nanocatalysis • safe burning of hydrogen produced in operation of a nuclear power plant • less energy-consuming production of hydrogen from hydrocarbons for hydrogen energy applications

  12. TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT OF NUCLEAR POWER OPERATIONS Superconducting materials for thermonuclear power Nb-Ti superconductor produced quantity is over 100 tons Conductor diameter – 0.85 mm, Filament size – 6 m, Segregate titanium in filaments - 10-50 nm.

  13. TECHNOOGY SUPPORT OF NUCLEAR POWER OPERATIONS Nanocarcass materials for thermonuclear power and specialized techniques Nanoberyllium

  14. RADIATION SAFETY OF NUCLEAR POWER OPERATIONS Radiation protection materials А • Nanometer-scale particles of metals or compounds as fillers added into solid and polymeric matrices can provide: Б • 40-60% increased attenuation factor for 60 and 660 keV X-rays • higher neutron absorption efficiency • 1.5 or 2 times smaller thickness or mass of materials used А – a workpiece for overpack, Б – bearing bushing Nanostructure of aluminum with boron nitride

  15. RADIATION SAFETY OF NUCLEAR POWER OPERATIONS Radiation protection materials Boron steels With the use of nanostructured boron-containing segregates (5 to 100 nm), boron content can be 3 or 4 times increased (up to 4%) while preserving ductility and weldability of steel Structure of steel produced by powder metallurgy techniques Products of boron steel

  16. NANOTECHNOLOGIES AND NANOMATERIALS FOR RELATED INDUSTRIES • Ceramics • Printing inks • Permanent magnets Magnetic nanocomposites

  17. NANOTECHNOLOGIES AND NANOMATERIALS FOR RELATED INDUSTRIES Superstrength conductors in electric engineering Thickness of Nbfilaments in Cu-matrice - ~10 нм

  18. NANOTECHNOLOGIES AND NANOMATERIALS FOR RELATED INDUSTRIES High-value capacitor-grade powders of Ta and Nb Range of capacitor products

  19. INSTRUMENTS AND EQUIPMENT A REMOTELY CONTROLLED MINIATURE SCANNING TUNNEL MICROSCOPE SIMULTANEOUS FINDING THE POSITION AND IDENTIFICTION OF INDIVIDUAL ATOMS – TOMOGRAPHIC ATOM PROBE

  20. INSTRUMENTS AND EQUIPMENT Experimental equipment for pilot production of nanomaterials

  21. Rosatom Centre for nanotechnologies and nanomaterials All about activities of the Rosatom Centre for nanotechnologies and nanomaterials is at website www.nanoportal.ru

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