Dr Ross Springell
PhD(Lond.), MSc(Lond.)
Current positions
Associate Professor in Actinide Physics and Nuclear Materials
School of Physics
Contact
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Projects and supervisions
Research projects
8095 Facility for Radioactive Materials Surfaces - Extra Funds
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Interface Analysis CentreDates
01/10/2021 to 30/09/2023
Facility for Radioactive Materials Surfaces
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Interface Analysis CentreDates
01/10/2021 to 30/09/2023
Facility for Radioactive Materials Surfaces
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Interface Analysis CentreDates
01/10/2021 to 30/09/2023
Facility for Radioactive Materials Surfaces
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of PhysicsDates
01/10/2021 to 30/09/2023
ATLANTIC 2018-2022
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Interface Analysis CentreDates
01/12/2018 to 30/11/2022
Thesis supervisions
Engineering UO2 Thin Films to Investigate Nuclear Fuel Behaviour
Supervisors
Engineering UO2 Thin Films to Investigate Nuclear Fuel Behaviour
Supervisors
Tritium storage & processing for fusion energy
Supervisors
Uranium-based Spintronics
Supervisors
Improving the Performance of Uranium Mononitride as an Advanced Technology Fuel (ATF) with Niobium Alloying
Supervisors
Understanding UN Nuclear Fuel
Supervisors
A Study of the Relationship Between Correlated Displacive Disorder, Metastability and Lattice Dynamics using the Epitaxially Stabilised Alloy System γs-(U1−xMox)
Supervisors
Oxidation of Uranium Dioxide
Supervisors
A Study of the Crystallography and Ageing Behaviour of the U-Nb Binary Alloy System
Supervisors
Exploring the unusual phase diagram of elemental uranium
Supervisors
Shining a light on the uranium oxides
Supervisors
Microstructural and Property Evolution of Nuclear Graphite under Extreme Conditions
Supervisors
Evaluating the corrosion behaviour of uranium silicide phases
Supervisors
Investigating the Reactivity of Mixed Actinide Oxides in Nuclear Waste
Supervisors
The Effects of Tokamak Thermal Transients on the Microstructure of Eurofer 97 Steel
Supervisors
A geometrical model of alpha and beta-radiation fields across spent nuclear fuel / water interfaces
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
01/10/2026Improving the long term durability of UO2 wasteforms through thoria doping
Journal of Nuclear Materials
Stability and isolation of uranium carbide phases in thin film systems
Thin Solid Films
Absence of induced ferromagnetism in epitaxial uranium dioxide thin films
Physical Review B
Charge-lattice coupling and the dynamic structure of the U–O distribution in UO2+x
Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering
Epitaxial light actinide oxide thin films
Thin Solid Films
Related people
Dr Tomas Martin
Associate Professor in Materials Physics
School of Physics
Professor Tom Scott
Professor in Materials
Interface Analysis Centre
Dr Chris Bell
Associate Professor
School of Physics
Dr Lottie Harding
Senior Research Associate
Interface Analysis Centre
Miss Beckie Nicholls
Senior Research Associate
School of Physics