Materials issues for generation IV systems: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Materials Issues for Generation IV Systems: Status, Open Questions and Challenges Cargèse, Corsica, France, 24 September - 6 October 2007

This book collects lectures and seminars presented at the homonymous NATO ASIheld in autumn 2007 at the Institut d’Etudes Scientifiques in Cargèse, France. The adopted approach aims at improving and coordinating basic knowledge in materials science and engineering with specific areas of condensed matter physics, the physics of particle/matter interaction and of radiation damage. It is our belief that this methodology is crucially conditioning the development andthe industrial production of new structural materials capable of coping with the requirements of these future reactors. First document explicitly mixing scientific, engineering, economic and environmental motivations in nuclear energy production Strong statement made on the crucial need for basic science for the construction of high-performance nuclear reactors Tutorial approach accessible to undergraduates and graduates or engineers INDICE: From the contents Foreword. List of Authors. The energy issue and the possible contribution of the various nuclear energy production scenarios.-Outlook on Generation IV Nuclear Systems and related materials R&D challenges.- Fundamentals of neutronics: reactivity coefficients in nuclear reactors.- Introduction to thermodynamics.- Kinetics of phase transformation in multi-component systems.- Ab initio approaches to designing thermodynamics properties ofmaterials.- Correlation between electronic structure, magnetism and physical properties of Fe-Cr alloys: ab-initio modeling.- The Computational Modeling ofAlloys: From Ab Initio and Thermodynamics to Heterogeneous Precipitation.- Multiscale computer simulations for the study of radiation effects in materials.- A multiscale approach to measuring and modeling cleavage fracture toughness in structural steels.- Microstructures and mechanical properties of irradiatedmetals and alloys.- Multiscale modeling of RPV embrittlement.

• ISBN: 978-1-4020-8421-8
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 590
• Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés