Blackburn, Lewis, Dr

Dr Lewis Blackburn

School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Lecturer in Nuclear Materials

Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow

Royce Technology Platform Lead

Lewis.Blackburn@sheffield.ac.uk

Sir Robert Hadfield Building

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Dr Lewis Blackburn
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
Sir Robert Hadfield Building
Mappin Street
91ֱ��
S1 3JD

Profile: I completed my PhD at the University of 91ֱ�� in 2021 within the Immobilisation Science Laboratory (ISL), after which I was awarded an EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellowship. I then undertook a PDRA position funded by Nuclear Waste Services to develop advanced zirconolite and pyrochlore-structured ceramics for the immobilisation of separated actinides. I was subsequently awarded a Royal Academy of Engineering Fellowship to develop Pu ceramic capability. My research interests involve long-term evolution of candidate ceramic wasteforms for the immobilisation of separated Pu, including radiation damage processes, chemical durability and process optimisation. In 2023 I was appointed to Lecturer in Nuclear Materials.

Research interests

Implementing a safe disposal strategy for the UK's radioactive waste inventory is a substantial technical challenge and requires a robust scientific underpinning. A feasible approach to placing this material beyond reach is conversion into a passively safe wasteform material, such that it can be placed within a geological disposal facility (GDF). The aim of our research is to understand the properties of radioactive wasteforms, in particular ceramic phases capable of acting as dedicated wasteform for separated Pu and other actinides.

Key research interests:

Materials for radioactive waste immobilisation
Development of advanced titanate, zirconate and high-entropy oxide ceramic wasteform materials for the immobilisation of radioactive wastes
Solid state chemistry of actinides (Pu, U, Th, Am) and related surrogates (Ce, Ln)
Advanced processing methods for waste consolidation and disposal
Application of X-ray spectroscopy in support of nuclear waste management
Radiation damage effects in candidate Pu wasteforms

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Corkhill CL, Haigh LT, Blackburn LR, Townsend LT, Bailey DJ, Mottram LM, Mason AR, Cole MR, Gervais T & Kerboul G (2025) . Journal of Nuclear Materials, 603, 155477-155477.
Cole MR, Blackburn LR, Haigh LT, Bailey DJ, Townsend LT, Kvashnina KO, Hyatt NC & Corkhill CL (2024) . Materials Advances.
Errandonea D, Turnbull R, Sánchez-Martín J, Oliva R, Muñoz A, Radescu S, Mujica A, Blackburn L, Hyatt NC, Popescu C & Ibáñez-Insa J (2024) . Results in Physics, 61, 107704-107704.
Ai Q, Sun S-K, Hao P-W, Chen Y-B, Zhao Y, Tan S-H, Bao W-C, Guo W-M, Lin H-T & Blackburn LR (2024) . Ceramics International.
Chen Y-B, Wu J-Y, Huang K-H, Sun S-K, Ai Q, Bao W-C, Blackburn LR, Tan S-H, Guo W-M & Lin H-T (2023) . Ceramics International, 49(19), 31517-31523.
Yudintsev SV, Nickolsky MS, Ojovan MI, Stefanovsky OI, Malkovsky VI, Ulanova AS & Blackburn LR (2023) . Ceramics, 6(3), 1573-1622.
Blackburn LR, Townsend LT, Dixon Wilkins MC, Ina T, Kuman M, Sun S-K, Mason AR, Gardner LJ, Stennett MC, Corkhill CL & Hyatt NC (2023) . Scientific Reports, 13(1).
Kuman M, Gardner LJ, Blackburn LR, Stennett MC, Hyatt NC & Corkhill CL (2023) . Ceramics, 6(1), 707-716.
Friskney AA, Aldean I, Corkhill CL & Blackburn LR (2023) . Ceramics, 6(1), 678-685.
Chen Y-B, Bao W-C, Sun S-K, Blackburn LR, Wei Z-J, Guo W-M & Lin H-T (2023) . Ceramics International, 49(1), 419-424.
Blackburn LR, Townsend LT, Lawson SM, Mason AR, Stennett MC, Sun S-K, Gardner LJ, Maddrell ER, Corkhill CL & Hyatt NC (2022) . Inorganic Chemistry, 61(15), 5744-5756.
Aldean I, Sun S-K, Wilkins MCD, Gardner LJ, Mason AR, Stennett MC, Corkhill CL, Hyatt NC & Blackburn LR (2022) . MRS Advances, 7, 75-80.
Fisher AJ, Ding H, Rajbhandari P, Walkley B, Blackburn LR, Stennett MC, Hand RJ, Hyatt NC, Harrison MT & Corkhill CL (2022) . Materials Advances, 3(3), 1747-1758.
Zhong M-X, Walkley B, Bailey DJ, Blackburn LR, Ding H, Wang S-Q, Bao W-C, Gardner LJ, Sun S-K, Stennett MC , Corkhill CL et al (2021) . Journal of Nuclear Materials, 556.
Ding H, Dixon Wilkins MC, Mottram LM, Blackburn LR, Grolimund D, Tappero R, Nicholas SL, Sun S, Corkhill CL & Hyatt NC (2021) . Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, 28(6).
Yuan J-H, Liu Q-Y, You Y, Zeng L-Y, Bai M-W, Blackburn LR, Guo W-M & Lin H-T (2021) . Ceramics International, 47(11), 15843-15848.
Blackburn L, Crawford R, Walling S, Gardner L, Cole M, Sun S, Gausse C, Mason A, Stennett M, Maddrell E , Hyatt N et al (2021) . npj Materials Degradation, 5.
Blackburn LR, Sun S, Gardner LJ, Maddrell ER, Stennett MC, Corkhill CL & Hyatt NC (2021) . Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 104(7), 2937-2951.
Blackburn LR, Bailey DJ, Sun SK, Gardner LJ, Stennett MC, Corkhill CL & Hyatt NC (2021) . Advances in Applied Ceramics, 120(2), 69-83.
Blackburn LR, Cole MR, Gardner LJ, Bailey DJ, Kuman M, Mason AR, Sun SK, Maddrell ER, Stennett MC, Corkhill CL & Hyatt NC (2021) . MRS Advances, 6(4-5), 112-118.
Barlow ST, Fisher AJ, Bailey DJ, Blackburn LR, Stennett MC, Hand RJ, Morgan SP, Hyatt NC & Corkhill CL (2021) . Journal of Nuclear Materials, 552.
Wei Z-J, Bao W-C, Sun S-K, Blackburn LR, Tan S-H, Gardner LJ, Guo W-M, Xu F, Hyatt NC & Lin H-T (2021) . Ceramics International, 47(1), 1047-1052.
Blackburn LR, Sun S-K, Lawson SM, Gardner LJ, Ding H, Corkhill CL, Maddrell ER, Stennett MC & Hyatt NC (2020) . Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 40(15), 5909-5919.
Lawson SM, Greaves G, Blackburn LR, Chapman R, Hyatt NC & Corkhill CL (2020) . Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 8(37), 19454-19466.
Wei Z-J, Blackburn LR, Gardner LJ, Tan S-H, Sun S-K, Guo W-M, Hyatt NC & Lin H-T (2020) . Journal of Nuclear Materials, 539, 152332-152332.
Blackburn LR, Sun S, Gardner LJ, Maddrell ER, Stennett MC & Hyatt NC (2020) . Journal of Nuclear Materials, 535.
Mottram LM, Dixon Wilkins MC, Blackburn LR, Oulton T, Stennett MC, Sun SK, Corkhill CL & Hyatt NC (2020) . MRS Advances, 5(1-2), 27-35.
Blackburn LR, Sun SK, Gardner LJ, Maddrell ER, Stennett MC & Hyatt NC (2020) . MRS Advances, 5(1-2), 93-101.
Blackburn LR, Corkhill CL & Hyatt NC () . Ceramics, 6(3), 1330-1347.
Dimosthenous S, Handley CM, Blackburn LR, Freeman CL & Hyatt NC () . RSC Advances, 11(41), 25179-25186.

Chapters

Blackburn LR & Hyatt NC (2021) , Encyclopedia of Nuclear Energy (pp. 650-662). Elsevier

Conference proceedings papers

Blackburn LR, Gardner LJ, Sun SK, Maddrell ER, Stennett MC, Corkhill CL & Hyatt NC (2020) . IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 818. Manchester, UK, 4 February 2020 - 4 February 2020.

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