Nuclear Fuel Elements : Design, Fabrication and Performance.

Front Cover -- Nuclear Fuel Elements: Design, Fabrication and Performance -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Chapter 1. Introduction and Philosophy -- The reactor operator's approach -- The materials scientist's approach -- The interdisciplinary approach -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2. Fuel Types -- Fuel origins -- Fuel forms -- Metel fuels -- Metallic dispersion fuels -- Liquid fuels -- Fuel characterization -- REFERENCES -- Appendix: Phase diagrams -- Chapter 3. Irradiation Behaviour of Fuels -- Oxides -- Carbides and nitrides -- Dispersion fuels -- Appendix: Burn-up and rating of nuclear fuels -- Chapter 4. Cladding and Duct Materials -- Design considerations -- Commonly used materials and their properties -- Compatibility -- Radiation effects -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5. Fuel Element Design and Modelling -- Some sources of data and codes -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6. Fuel Element Performance Testing and Qualification -- Strategies -- Post-test examination -- Commercialization -- REFERENCES -- Appendix: Suppliers of specialized equipment -- Chapter 7. Experimental Techniques and Equipment -- Out-of-pile -- In-pile -- Post-irradiation examination -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8. Water Reactor Fuel Performance -- PWR -- BWR -- HWR -- Failure -- Failure mechanisms -- Licensing and regulation -- 17 x 17 Fuel surveillance programme -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 9. Gas-cooled Reactor Fuel Elements -- Magnox -- French gas-graphite -- AGR -- HTGR -- Safety -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 10. Fast Reactor Fuel Elements -- Introduction -- Early reactors -- Prototype reactors -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 11. Research and Test Reactor Fuel Elements -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 12. Unconventional Fuel Elements -- Some Useful General References -- Tabulation of Industrial Capabilities in the USA -- Index.

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