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As the energy sector faces mounting pressure to grow at an unprecedented pace while maintaining reliability and affordability, nuclear technology remains an essential component of the long-term solution. Southern Company stands out among U.S. utilities for its proactive role in shaping these next-generation systems—not just as a future customer, but as a hands-on innovator.
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Nuclear Technology | Volume 206 | Number 1 | January 2020 | Pages 32-39
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With large-scale molecular dynamics, we investigate displacement cascades in monocrystalline silicon with regard to the effects of temperature, strain, and primary knock-on atom energy on defect generation and evolution. With temperature increasing, both the thermal spike region and the peak defect count increase, while the effect of temperature on the surviving defect number is negligible. Nevertheless, higher temperature shows negative effect on clustering of vacancy. The effects of uniaxial strain on defect production and clustering is negligible, while its hydrostatic counterpart is evident. With the increment of hydrostatic strain, both the peak and surviving defect count increase (decrease) under tensile (compressive) hydrostatic loading. Meantime, tensile hydrostatic strain will promote defect clustering. More defects and larger defect clusters are produced at higher energy. Otherwise, interstitials are hard to form clusters under different conditions.