I'm an EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellow and have a PhD iCase Award funded in collaboration with the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) and National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL).
My current research interests involve:
- development of zirconolite ceramics for plutonium immobilisation;
- supporting UK decommissioning activities through deployment of thermal treatment technologies;
- performance testing of advanced nuclear waste materials for geological disposal;
- novel sintering techniques such as Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP);
- chemical durability of actinide-containing ceramic wasteforms;
- deployment of Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS) for nuclear applications;
- X-ray absorption spectroscopy in support of nuclear waste managament
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5889-2035
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lewis_Blackburn