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  • Impact and outreach
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      • Materials Unlocked podcast
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      • Alloy Development
      • Powder Production
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      • Metals Processing
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      • Biological
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    • Research areas
      • Advanced Metals Processing
      • Imaging and Characterisation
      • Modelling and Simulation
    • Technology platforms
      • Materials Discovery and Prototyping
      • Thermomechanical Processing
      • Near Net Shape Manufacturing
      • Materials and Thermal Treatment for Radioactive Waste Management
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Sam Lister fills a FAST-Forge mould with titanium swarf
Sam Lister fills a FAST-Forge mould with titanium swarf
'FAST-Forge' process 
A person in orange protective clothing and gloves holding a handful of metal machining waste
Economics of titanium 
An image of raw tungsten-tantalum alloy
He fusion plasma and W-Ta 
AFRC NEWS IMAGE
Digital twins for high-value components 
Photo provided by NucleUS
Contributing to nuclear waste management 
A photo of the Bruker Contour Elite K instrument
Nuclear waste containers: surface finish 

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