Materials Issues for Generation IV Systems

1. The Energy Issue and the Possible Contribution of the Various Nuclear Energy Production Scenarios
H. Nifenecker

2. Outlook on Generation IV Nuclear Systems and Related Materials R&D Challenges
F. Carré, C. Renault, P. Anzieu, P. Brossard, P. Yvon

3. Fundamentals of Neutronics: Reactivity Coefficients in Nuclear Reactors
P. Reuss

4. Introduction to Thermodynamics
Gerhard Inden

5. Kinetics of Phase Transformation in Multi-Component Systems
Gerhard Inden

6. Ab Initio Approaches to Designing Thermodynamic Properties of Materials
A. Pasturel, N. Jakse

7. Correlation between Electronic Structure, Magnetism and Physical Properties of Fe-Cr alloys: Ab Initio Modeling
I. Abrikosov, P. Olsson, A. V. Ponomareva

8. The Computational Modeling of Alloys: From Ab Initio Calculations and Thermodynamics to Heterogeneous Precipitation
A. Caro

9. Numerical Modeling of Radiation Effects in Solids: Principal Features, Limitations and Perspectives
P. Geysermans

10. A Multiscale Approach to Measuring and Modeling Cleavage Fracture Toughness in Structural Steels
G. R. Odette, H. J. Rathbun, M. Hribernik, T. Yamamoto, M. He, P. Spätig

11. Microstructures and Mechanical Properties of Irradiated Metals and Alloys
S. J. Zinkle

12. Multiscale Modeling of RPV Embrittlement
N. Soneda

13. Parametric Dislocation Dynamics and Boundary Element Modeling of Elastic Interaction between Dislocations and Precipitates
Akiyuki Takahashi

14. Crystal Plasticity from Dislocation Dynamics
V. V. Bulatov

15. Radiation-Induced Solute Segregation in Alloys
A. J. Ardell

16. Research and Development of Oxide Dispersion Strengthened Ferritic Steels for Sodium Cooled Fast Breeder Reactor Fuels
M. Inoue, T. Kaito, S. Ohtsuka

17. Some Aspects of the Structural, Mechanical and Electronic Properties of SiC
P. Pirouz

18. Review: Oxidation of SiC/SiC Composites in Low Oxidising and High Temperature Environment
C. Cabet

19. Fundamentals of Liquids
J. -P. Hansen

20. Introduction to Interfaces and Diffusion
P. Wynblatt

21. Some Aspects of Wetting at High Temperature
Dominique Chatain, Véronique Ghetta

22. Potentiometric Sensors for High Temperature Liquids
J. Fouletier, Véronique Ghetta

23. Influence of Liquid Sodium on Mechanical Properties of Steels, Refractory Alloys and Ceramics
H. U. Borgstedt

24. Radiation Effects in Structural Materials for Fusion Power Plants: the Outcomes of the EU Fusion Program
J. -L. Boutard, S. Dudarev, E. Diegele

25. Introduction to the Physics of Molten Salt Reactors
E. Merle-Lucotte, D. Heuer, M. Allibert, Véronique Ghetta, C. Brun

26. Physico-Chemical Properties of Molten Salts
J. -C. Poignet, J. Fouletier

27. Combined Effect of Molten Fluoride Salt and Irradiation on Ni-based Alloys
A. S. Bakai

28. Specific Features of Particule/Matter Interaction for Accelerator-Driven Sub-Critical Reactors
S. Leray

29. Operation of High Power Liquid Metal Spallation Targets: a Challenge for the Structural Materials
Jean Henry, T. Auger, Y. Dai

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