Narrative
About 18% of UK electric supply is provided by 14 graphite-moderated Advanced Gas-cooled Reactors (AGRs) and 1 Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR). The AGRs are graphite-moderated, generic in design and the nuclear regulator is concerned that a common safety related fault could lead to immediately shutdown of all AGRs. The development of novel techniques at Manchester has allowed the continued operation helping the operators to establish an expected seven-year life extensions for all AGRs. For the plant operators this represents a potential income of £2.5bn per annum, avoid 30m tonnes CO2 pa and generate supply chain income within the UK of £650m pa and create or protect 2000 jobs.| Impact date | 2014 → 2030 |
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| Category of impact | Economic, Technological, Environmental |
| Impact level | Adoption |
Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms
- Advanced materials
- Energy
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Research output
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Three-dimensional characterization and thermal property modelling of thermally oxidized nuclear graphite
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Development of a Young's modulus model for Gilsocarbon graphites irradiated in inert environments
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Constitutive material model for the prediction of stresses in irradiated anisotropic graphite components
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The microstructure of nuclear graphite binders
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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