DailyTech last month reported that Great Britain was working on
super steels. These ultra-strong steels would be made possible
by preventing irregularities in steel, which weaken its internal
magnetics, making it more susceptible to heat. Now it appears
that the Americans have beaten the Brits to the punch, unveiling
their own completed super steel. The new steel was developed at
the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the U.S. ITER Project
Office, which is housed at ORNL. The ORNL was recently in the
news for inventing a new titanium manufacturing technique. With
its new cast stainless steel, it continued its successes. The
new steel is approximately 70 percent stronger than comparable
steels and could be a boon to the fusion industry. Its material
parameters are being evaluated carefully, as it is being
considered for use in shielding ITER's fusion device. ITER is a
multibillion-dollar international research and development
project which is accessing the viability of creating a
commercial fusion reactor. The