In the last six years, most countries have come to agree on or rationalize a few concepts of what an Accident Tolerant Fuel is. This book will give a description of these concepts and the benefits and detriments of each concept. The book begins with an introduction to nuclear power as a renewable energy source and the current materials being utilized in light water reactors. It then moves on to discuss the recent advancements being made in accident tolerant fuels, reviewing the specific materials, their fabrication and implementation, environmental resistance, irradiation behaviour, and licensing requirements. The book concludes with a look to the future of new power generation technologies. It is written by leading experts in the field and will be the first comprehensive work on this topic. Introduces the fundamental description of accident tolerant fuel including fabrication and implementationDescribes both the benefits and detriments of the various Accident Tolerant Fuel conceptsIncludes information on the process of materials selection with a discussion of how and why specific materials were chosen, as well as why others failed INDICE: 1. Introduction - Nuclear Power is Green2. Status of materials in light water reactors. Why do we need a materials renewal?3. Current Development of Accident Tolerant Fuels Worldwide4. FeCrAl - Iron Chromium Aluminium alloys5. Coatings for Zirconium Alloys6. Silicon Carbide and Ceramics7. Next Generation of Power Reactors8. Looking to the future
- ISBN: 978-0-12-817503-3
- Editorial: Elsevier
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 512
- Fecha Publicación: 06/01/2020
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés