«This research illustrates a deep connection between two seemingly unrelated fields, and
required contributions from an interdisciplinary team of condensed matter and
nuclear physicists,» said James Misewich, the Associate Laboratory Director for Energy Science at Brookhaven Lab and a professor of
physics at Stony Brook University, who played the central role of introducing the members of this research team to one another.
These future
nuclear power systems will
require advances in materials, reactor
physics, as well as thermal - hydraulics to realize their full potential.