Fusion-grade steel made on industrial scale in a UK first

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"According to a release from the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA), the Neutron Irradiation of Advanced Steels (Neurone) consortium successfully produced 5.5 tonnes of fusion-grade reduced-activation ferritic-martensitic (RAFM) steel using a seven-tonne Electric Arc Furnace located at the Materials Processing Institute (MPI) in Middlesborough, UK.

David Bowden, group team leading for materials science and engineering at UKAEA and lead of the consortium, said one of the major challenges for delivering fusion energy was developing structural materials that could withstand temperatures of at least 650°C, as well as intense neutron radiation. ..."

Fusion-grade steel made on industrial scale in a UK first | News | Chemistry World "An expert group working to develop specialist high-temperature steels has demonstrated, for the first time in the UK, the large-scale production of fusion-grade steel."