Scientists from the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences and their colleagues from the Novosibirsk State Technical University have created a new technology for alloying titanium and tantalum.
As a result of this invention, the scientists got a material, which is particularly resistant to corrosion and aggressive media. Experts have found that a reactor made of such material is capable to operate continuously for 30 years, the Institute’s press office told on Monday.
“With the help of a new technology of alloying titanium and tantalum an experimental chemical mini-reactor has been created, and an experiment was conducted. As it turned out, the period of continuous operation of a reactor made of such a material would be 30 years, what is several times more than that of a reactor from highly resistant steel”, — the message reads.