Advanced Nuclear Fuels and Materials provides an overview of the current status and development trends in nuclear fuels and materials used in nuclear energy generation. The book covers different fuel types, such as oxide fuels, metal and alloy fuels, carbide fuels, nitride fuels, composite fuels, and transmutation targets. Other fuels discussed include those used in advanced reactor systems, including high temperature gas cooled reactor fuels, molten salt reactor fuels, sodium cooled fast reactor fuels, lead cooled fast reactor fuels, gas cooled fast reactor fuels, and supercritical water reactor fuels. Additional sections focus on materials used in nuclear reactors, including structural alloy materials, control rod materials and graphite materials, the numerical simulation of advanced nuclear fuels, and the frontier of nuclear fuels, including new accident tolerant fuels and nano materials used in advanced nuclear energy systems.
Table of Contents
1. Overview of Nuclear Energy Utilization and Materials for Nuclear Energy2. Overview of Nuclear Material Research Basis
3. Overview of Nuclear Fuel Cycle
4. Metal and Alloy Fuels
5. Oxide Fuels
6. Non-oxide Fuels
7. Composite Fuels and Transmutation Targets
8. High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor Fuels
9. Sodium Cooled Fast Breeder Fuels
10. Other Fourth Generation Reactor Fuels
11. Reactor Control Materials and Structural Materials
12. Carbon Materials for Reactors
13. Materials for Fusion Reactors
14. Numerical Simulation in Advanced Nuclear Fuel and Materials
15. Nanostructure and Nuclear Fuels
16. Accident Tolerant Fuels