Supercomputers and Archimedes' principle enable calculating nanobubble diffusion in nuclear fuels

Date 20th, Apr 2020
Source Phys.org - Scientific News Websites

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Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology have proposed a method that speeds up the calculation of nanobubble diffusion in solid materials. This method makes it possible to create significantly more accurate fuel models for nuclear power plants. The paper was published in the Journal of Nuclear Materials.