Advanced Nuclear Fuels and Materials

This book provides an overview of the current situation and development trends in nuclear fuels and materials used in nuclear energy generation. The following contents are included in the book: Fuels with different types, including oxide fuels, metal and alloy fuels, carbide fuels, nitride fuels, composite fuels and transmutation targetsFuels 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 fuelsMaterials used in nuclear reactors, including structural alloy materials, control rod materials and graphite materialsNumerical simulation of advanced nuclear fuelsThe frontier of nuclear fuels, including new accident tolerant fuels, nano materials used in advanced nuclear energy systems Is the most systematic professional book in the field of nuclear fuel, which comprehensively introduces the current situation in the field of nuclear fuelsSystematically summarizes the frontier fields of nuclear fuels and nuclear materials, and keeps readers abreast of the latest progress in scientific research of this areaWritten by leading researchers in the field