News and events

October 2016

Rolls-Royce Nuclear UTC Annual Review 2016

 The Rolls-Royce Nuclear UTC Annual Review 2016 was held in the Derby Ipro Stadium on Thurs 6^th October. Nuclear UTC members from Imperial College London and the University of Manchester came together with Rolls-Royce nuclear engineering experts to discuss the successes of the research collaborations undergone with Rolls-Royce in both UTCs.

 The day comprised talks by Nigel Hart (Rolls-Royce) on Civil Nuclear Landscape; Fionn Dunne, Ben Britton (Imperial) and Tim Abram (Manchester) on the latest work being carried out at the partner institutions.

Later in the day, breakout sessions which were run parallel, brought together key experts in focused areas of nuclear research:

• Structural Integrity

• Plant Performance Modelling

• Materials / Zirconium Metallurgy

• Fuel Technology

Students presented their research work in poster sessions, which were judged by Rolls-Royce engineers. Prizes were awarded to Geena Rait (Imperial) and Rhys Thomas (Manchester) for the best posters.

Seminar Talks

Date: 27^th April 2016

Speaker: Vivian Tong:                    Title: Grain growth in Zircaloy-4 

Speaker: Ruby McCarron:            Title: Tribological modelling of water lubricated bearings for nuclear power plants

Speaker: Giovanni Giustini:        Title: Modeling steam bubbles with CFD

SeminAr Talk

Date: 12^th July 2016

Speaker: Vittorio Badalassi (Rolls-Royce)

Title: A Pathway Towards Integrated Design, Analysis and Optimization of Future Nuclear Reactor Power Plants