title: Challenges to deployment of twenty-first century nuclear reactor systems.
abstract: The science and engineering of materials have always been fundamental to the success of nuclear power to date. They are also the key to the successful deployment and operation of a new generation of nuclear reactor systems and their associated fuel cycles. This article reflects on some of the historical issues, the challenges still prevalent today and the requirement for significant ongoing materials R&D and discusses the potential role of small modular reactors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials , Imperial College , Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ , UK.
authors.forename: Sue
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-1527-0199
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ion
keywords: advanced nuclear reactors; nuclear fuel cycles