Nuclear Industry Services
As global demand for clean, reliable energy intensifies, decision makers are increasingly turning to nuclear power as a viable solution to meet sustainability goals and ensure energy security. The resulting wave of private investment is accelerating technological development and reshaping the industry landscape, positioning nuclear power as a key player in the transition to a low-carbon future.
Whether it's decommissioning of BWRs and PWRs, design for Small Modular Reactors, or developments in technologies as varied as Advanced Gas Reactors, molten salts, or nuclear fusion, Lucideon supports the industry through materials development, consultancy, and complex testing to ISO 17025, Nadcap and 10 CFR 50 Appendix B standards.
Areas of application
- Waste management - low, intermediate and high-level waste, plutonium disposition
- Advanced nuclear fuels - TRISO, MOX fuels
- Fission - molten salt reactors, high temperature gas reactors, small modular reactors, advanced modular reactors
- Fusion - breeder blanket materials, lithium-based ceramics, coatings
Capabilities
Materials development and consultancy
- Advanced alloy material selection
- Advanced ceramic materials and process development
- up to pilot-level scale and demonstration- CMC development
- Novel joining technologies
- Novel coatings development
- Surrogate materials development
- Hot Isostatic Pressing
- Powder processing development
- Novel cement development and validation
- up to pilot level scale and demonstration - MALLETTM for encapsulating problematic wastes
- Flash sintering for plutonium disposition and MOX manufacture
- Refractories materials development
Complex testing
- Corrosion assessments and stress corrosion cracking
- Commercial-grade verification testing
- Contamination identification
- Complex thermomechanical testing
- Permeation testing
- Thermal aging and endurance studies
- Custom machining
- Powder characterisation
- Advanced alloy characterisation
- Microstructural analysis
- Structural testing
Computational techniques
Through IMPACTTM and the data science team at Lucideon, we can use the following techniques to support your materials and process development:
- Machine learning
- Computer vision
- Process optimisation
Why work with Lucideon?
- End-to-end support: from concept and feasibility through to manufacturing and post-market challenges
- Technical proximity: direct and regular contact with our technical experts during the entire project duration
- Consultative mindset: tailored solutions to your unique materials and process challenges
- Independent expertise: objective advice backed by rigorous science and testing for regulatory submission
- Proven industry experience: decades of support within the nuclear market
Testing & characterization
» Testing & characterization services for the nuclear industry
About Lucideon
Lucideon is a world-leading materials development and technology commercialisation organisation. We help organisations innovate, optimise, and de-risk products through expert consultancy, applied research, and advanced testing.
With multidisciplinary teams and state-of-the-art facilities, we work across highly regulated industries to solve complex materials challenges and enable confident decision-making.
Talk to our material science experts to explore how Lucideon can support your next challenge.
Case Studies
Testing of unique cladding system and its components
A customised materials testing project for Nuclear Transport Services (NTS), UK (Phase 1)
A customized materials testing project for Nuclear Transport Services (NTS), UK (Phase 2)
White Papers
This white paper outlines analysis techniques for measuring concentrations of corrosion-assisting elements in nuclear reactors
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