Nuclear Energy Futures CDT Research Projects
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/nuclear-cdt/programme/nuclear-energy-futures-cdt-research-projects/
Projects available for October 2025
Applications are invited for the below projects.
Please ensure you have read our updated programme description before applying for projects.
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Due to the sensitive nature of the research being carried out, some projects may require you to be a UK national.
Short project description: A pressing concern regarding legacy high-level waste is how to treat and store metallic fuel material that has been sat in aqueous storage, in a range of different environments, for many decades. This PhD will devise long term storage experiments, investigating temperature, gas pressure and pH effects on the corrosion behaviour of uranium, as well as posing more fundamental questions about important activation energies and diffusion constants that are still poorly understood.
Supervisor(s): Prof Tom Scott (UoB) and Dr Ross Springell (UoB)
Institution: University of Bristol
Further information: Funded by Sellafield Ltd
Part-time: Not suitable for part-time study.
How to apply: E-mail your CV to Dr Jon Tate j.tate@imperial.ac.uk
Deadline: Ongoing until position is filled.
