What is included with this book?
Nuclear Plants | p. 1 |
Current Reactors | p. 1 |
Pressurized Water Reactors | p. 2 |
Boiling Water Reactors | p. 2 |
CANDU Reactors | p. 6 |
Advanced Gas Reactors | p. 8 |
Improvements and Developments of Reactor Concepts | p. 9 |
Advanced Light Water Reactors | p. 9 |
Advanced Heavy Water Reactors | p. 11 |
Small Modular Reactors | p. 11 |
Advanced New Reactor Concepts | p. 13 |
Neutron Spectrum, Fast Reactors and Fuel Cycles | p. 16 |
Neutron Spectrum | p. 16 |
Fuel Cycles | p. 18 |
Generation IV Nuclear Plants | p. 22 |
Sodium Fast Reactor | p. 22 |
Lead-Cooled Fast Reactor | p. 29 |
Very-High-Temperature Reactor System | p. 32 |
Gas-Cooled Fast Reactor System R&D | p. 41 |
Supercritical Water Reactor | p. 44 |
Molten Salt Reactor | p. 47 |
Other Advanced Nuclear Plant Concepts | p. 49 |
Traveling Wave Reactor | p. 49 |
Accelerator-Driven Systems | p. 51 |
Space Nuclear Plants | p. 53 |
Nuclear Fusion | p. 55 |
Conversion of Nuclear Energy into Electricity and Heat | p. 58 |
References | p. 61 |
Materials | p. 65 |
Introduction | p. 65 |
Basics | p. 65 |
Point Defects | p. 67 |
Linear Defects | p. 71 |
Planar Defects | p. 73 |
Diffusion Processes | p. 75 |
Binary Phase Diagrams | p. 79 |
Classes of Materials for Nuclear Applications | p. 81 |
Steels | p. 84 |
Superalloys | p. 102 |
Refractory Alloys | p. 110 |
Zirconium Alloys | p. 110 |
Intermetallics | p. 112 |
Nano-Structured Materials | p. 114 |
Ceramic Materials | p. 124 |
Coatings | p. 128 |
References | p. 128 |
Components and Its Production | p. 135 |
Components of Nuclear Plants | p. 135 |
Vessel | p. 136 |
Fuel Elements | p. 141 |
Control Rods | p. 148 |
Other Reactor Internals | p. 148 |
Piping and Steam Generator | p. 151 |
Intermediate Heat Exchanger | p. 152 |
Energy Conversion Systems | p. 155 |
Materials for Nuclear Fission Plants | p. 157 |
Fusion | p. 157 |
Production Techniques | p. 163 |
Melting | p. 164 |
Shaping | p. 168 |
Powder Metallurgy | p. 172 |
Powder Production | p. 173 |
Powder Compaction | p. 174 |
Graphite | p. 176 |
Fiber Reinforced Materials | p. 179 |
Fusion Procedures | p. 181 |
Submerged Arc and Gas Tungsten Arc Welding | p. 181 |
Defects in Welds | p. 183 |
Other Bonding Methods | p. 185 |
Coatings and Surface Treatment | p. 188 |
Lining | p. 188 |
Chemical Vapor Deposition CVD | p. 190 |
Physical Vapor Deposition | p. 190 |
Thermal Spray | p. 192 |
Other Surface Treatments | p. 192 |
References | p. 192 |
Mechanical Properties of Nuclear Materials | p. 197 |
Introduction | p. 197 |
Strength of Materials | p. 198 |
Plastic Deformation of Single Crystals | p. 198 |
Stress-Strain Curves | p. 200 |
Hardening Mechanisms | p. 203 |
Toughness | p. 206 |
Impact Testing and Fracture Appearance Transition Temperature | p. 206 |
Fracture Toughness | p. 208 |
Creep | p. 217 |
Creep Curve | p. 217 |
Stress Rupture Curve | p. 220 |
Mechanisms of Thermal Creep in Metals | p. 222 |
Creep Damage | p. 227 |
Extrapolation of Stress Rupture Data | p. 228 |
Creep Crack Growth | p. 232 |
Thermal Creep of Ceramics for Nuclear Plants | p. 235 |
Fatigue | p. 235 |
Introduction | p. 235 |
Basic Principles | p. 236 |
Representation of Fatigue Results | p. 237 |
Fatigue Crack Growth | p. 241 |
Phenomenology of Fatigue | p. 244 |
Greep-Fatigue Interactions | p. 246 |
References | p. 251 |
Irradiation Damage | p. 255 |
Introduction | p. 255 |
Early Stage of Radiation Damage | p. 257 |
Reactions of Point Defects Created During Irradiation | p. 261 |
Influence of Temperature | p. 263 |
Influence of Lattice Type | p. 265 |
Influence of Chemical Composition | p. 267 |
Other Types of Irradiation Damage | p. 268 |
Radiation Induced Segregation (RIS) | p. 268 |
Irradiation Induced (Coherent) Precipitation | p. 270 |
Amorphization | p. 271 |
The Production of Foreign Atoms | p. 272 |
Radiation Induced Dimensional Changes | p. 273 |
Void Swelling | p. 273 |
Radiation Creep | p. 275 |
Radiations Effects at High Temperatures | p. 279 |
Influence of Radiation on Mechanical Properties | p. 281 |
Strength and Toughness | p. 281 |
Influence of Irradiation on Fatigue and Fatigue Crack Growth | p. 283 |
Creep and Creep-Fatigue | p. 284 |
Radiation Damaged in Non-Metallic Structural Materials | p. 285 |
Graphite | p. 285 |
Silicon Carbide | p. 287 |
Irradiation Damage of Components | p. 288 |
Light Water Reactors | p. 288 |
Radiation Damage in Advanced Reactors | p. 294 |
References | p. 302 |
Environmental Damage in Nuclear Plants | p. 309 |
Basic Aspects of Corrosion | p. 309 |
Forms of Corrosion | p. 309 |
Corrosion Testing | p. 312 |
Stress Corrosion Cracking (SCC) | p. 316 |
Corrosion and Fatigue Loading | p. 317 |
High Temperature Effects | p. 319 |
Environmental Effects in Light Water Reactors | p. 320 |
Basics | p. 320 |
Pressure Boundaries | p. 323 |
Reactor Internals | p. 328 |
Corrosion of Zircaloy Claddings | p. 331 |
Environmental Effects in Advanced Reactors | p. 335 |
Sodium Fast Reactor | p. 335 |
High Temperature Gas reactors | p. 341 |
Other Advanced Nuclear Plants | p. 345 |
Fusion | p. 353 |
References | p. 354 |
Advanced Mechanical Testing and Analysis Methods | p. 359 |
Introduction | p. 359 |
Micro-Mechanical Testing | p. 360 |
Fatigue Crack Growth Testing | p. 362 |
Fracture Toughness Testing | p. 363 |
Shear Punch | p. 366 |
Micro-Nanohardness Testing | p. 368 |
Compression and Tensile Tests with Micro-Samples | p. 370 |
Advanced Auxiliary Equipment | p. 371 |
Irradiation | p. 371 |
Preparation of Miniaturized Samples with Focused Ion Beam | p. 373 |
Measurement of Changes in Geometry of Microsamples | p. 374 |
Microstructural Investigations | p. 375 |
Scanning Electron Microscope | p. 375 |
Transmission Electron Microscope | p. 376 |
Other Analysis Techniques | p. 377 |
Analysis With Beamlines | p. 377 |
Modelling Techniques | p. 386 |
First Principle Considerations | p. 387 |
Molecular Dynamics | p. 389 |
Kinetic Monte Carlo and Rate Theory | p. 390 |
Dislocation Dynamics | p. 391 |
Computational Thermodynamics | p. 393 |
Some Results of Multiscale Modeling | p. 393 |
Further Outlook | p. 400 |
References | p. 402 |
Design, Life-Time and Residual Life | p. 407 |
Introduction | p. 407 |
Loads and Stresses in Components | p. 410 |
Equivalent Stresses | p. 410 |
Notches | p. 415 |
Codes and Design Rules | p. 417 |
General Structure of Codes | p. 417 |
Selected Materials Problems | p. 423 |
Material Properties Databases Needs | p. 430 |
Non Destructive Testing/Evaluation | p. 432 |
General Considerations | p. 432 |
NDE Techniques | p. 435 |
Advanced Material Characterization | p. 441 |
NDE of Advanced Nuclear Systems | p. 445 |
RPV as an Example | p. 447 |
Plant Life Management (PLIM) and Plant Life Extension (PLEX) | p. 451 |
References | p. 452 |
Questions and Exercises | p. 457 |
Solutions | p. 467 |
Index | p. 475 |
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