A REVIEW ON USAGE OF NANO-PARTICLES IN NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

Din Bandhu,Ritesh Kumar

doi:10.29121/granthaalayah.v5.i2.2017.1733

Din Bandhu, Ritesh Kumar

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https://doi.org/10.29121/granthaalayah.v5.i2.2017.1733

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Nuclear power plants are big in construction and possess complex facilities. These plants usually operate at very large temperatures and the materials used in their construction experience considerably higher levels of radiation. It is therefore very important to understand the effects of radiation on these materials. Radiation is responsible for defects which affects the strength and performance of the materials. In this review paper, we have suggested one idea for constructing an efficient nuclear power plant by using nano-particles. This paper also details about nano-particles in an elaborated way and a few of them can be used for constructing nuclear power plants (NPP).

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IntroductionHttp://www.granthaalayah.com ©International Journal of Research - GRANTHAALAYAH [233]
Taking these factors into consideration, many scientists and researchers are working very hard and conducting lots of experiments on the topic - what if nano-particles are used for constructing a nuclear reactor!
There is a chance of occurrence of cracks in materials used for the construction of Nuclear Power Plants

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Http://www.granthaalayah.com ©International Journal of Research - GRANTHAALAYAH [233] Due to this radiation and heat, sometimes theses reactors may breakdown by developing cracks (breakages) in the materials from which these reactors are constructed. The hot hardness is a property in which a material is capable of bearing high radiation and heat for a long duration without developing cracks in it Taking these factors into consideration, many scientists and researchers are working very hard and conducting lots of experiments on the topic - what if nano-particles are used for constructing a nuclear reactor!. Model, shown, suggests the précised or concentrated self-assembly of atoms and molecules to create structures. It is known as the molecular nanotechnology [4]. Bottom up model is categorized into – ‘Chaotic process and controlled process’

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