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Mechanisms of radiation damage of construction materials in nuclear engineering and progress in developing radiation-resistant materials for the present and future generation nuclear reactors are reported. The analysis of the present state and of the perspectives toward a solution of the problem show that, in spite of the considerable research efforts throughout the world, economically acceptable operation standards for presently operating reactors still have not been reached. The reason is insufficient radiation resistance of the basic ingredients of the existing nuclear devices — of various classes of stainless steel and zirconium alloys. A key problem in the material sciences provision of the modern and future nuclear engineering is the study of the microstructure evolution and its impact on the degradation of the input physical and chemical characteristics.
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Neklyudov, I.M., Borodin, O.V., Bryk, V.V., Voyevodin, V.N. (2009). Problem of Radiation Resistance of Structural Materials of Nuclear Power. In: Begun, V., Jenkovszky, L.L., Polański, A. (eds) Progress in HighEnergy Physics and Nuclear Safety. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2287-5_25
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