Nuclear Materials Extreme Conditions

Course content

Nuclear reactor systems arid their operation conditions (Generation II, III and IV). Fundamentals of the radiation damage in metals and alloys. Basics of the radiation damage event, cascade formation, point defect formation and radiation enhanced diffusion. Simulation of neutron damage by ions. Physical effects of radiation damage; radiation enhanced/induced segregation, dislocation structures, void swelling. Mechanical effects of radiation damage; irradiation hardening and deformation, embrittlement, creep and growth, environmentally assisted cracking.