We would like to congratulate Michael Cooper who was successful in the recent defence of his thesis entitled Atomic Scale Simulation of Irradiated Nuclear Fuel. His work focused on using static and molecular dynamics calculations to study the role of temperature and non-stoichiometry in conventional and advanced nuclear fuels. The project culminated in the development of a many-body potential model that was used to study the behaviour of mixed actinide oxide systems.

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Michael Cooper has given us permission to make his thesis available in PDF form on our theses page. Click here to access the thesis.