INFUSE Award Supports MIBL Partnership with Commonwealth Fusion Systems
NERS has received its first DOE INFUSE award for a collaboration with Commonwealth Fusion Systems, led by Prof. Kevin Field. The project will investigate radiation-induced swelling in vanadium-based alloys for future fusion structures.
MIBL’s triple-ion beam facility will combine displacement damage with helium and hydrogen implantation. The team will compare alloys from different manufacturing campaigns across temperatures and gas concentrations, using electron microscopy, automated analysis, and modeling to connect microstructure with swelling behavior.
NOME graduate student Lauryn Kortman will contribute to the research following her 2026 summer internship at CFS. The collaboration will provide materials data to support the assessment and design of fusion reactor components.
